The Peony Society
A "long term" experiment indeed
Getting rid of the "lutea hook".
"Paeony" hybridizing in New Zealand.
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0The Peony Society started the topic Peony ploidy levels in the forum General discussion forum 1 day, 8 hours ago
In a recent article on peony pollen size and shape there was a listing of some cultivars with their ploidy level. There were some surprises:
I did not expect Old Faithful to be triploid for example, I always assumed it was tetraploid. The surefire way to know whether a cultivar is di-,-tri-, tetraploid is counting chromosomes of course, but that…[Read more]0Tom became a registered member 5 days, 5 hours ago
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0Theresa replied to the topic Fertile shrub hybrids: diploids or tetraploids? in the forum Magazine articles comments 5 days, 23 hours ago
These were just Bill’s unfinished thoughts from years ago, but they are a good topic to think about in hybridizing. Bill was trying to create a simple picture in his mind about how lutea hybrids breed in order to pursue a goal: up-facing flowers. Diploids should have created a relatively simple model giving us, perhaps, a simple double recessive…[Read more]
0The Peony Society wrote a new post, A long term storage experiment, year 1 6 days, 2 hours ago
About a year ago, an article was published in a Dutch trade journal, Greenity, about long term Ultra Low Oxygen (ULO) storage of peonies. It stated that a few cut flower
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0The Peony Society wrote a new post, Fertile shrub hybrids: diploids or tetraploids? 1 week ago
The last few issues of the Paeonia newsletter have been sent to us recently and the collection is now complete for all to download and read. Bill Seidl, the
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0The Peony Society replied to the topic The Paeonia newsletter in the forum Magazine articles comments 1 week, 1 day ago
All issues have been uploaded and the collection is now complete (the article above has been updated as well). Many thanks Theresa!
0Theresa replied to the topic The Paeonia newsletter in the forum Magazine articles comments 1 week, 5 days ago
Please open files before uploading to make sure what was sent is correct. I sent a second file without the first upside down page! Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks!
0The Peony Society replied to the topic The Paeonia newsletter in the forum Magazine articles comments 1 week, 5 days ago
Theresa,
would be very welcome, see the private message I’ve sent you
0Theresa replied to the topic The Paeonia newsletter in the forum Magazine articles comments 1 week, 5 days ago
I have v. 20 no 1-4, v. 25 1-4, v 26. 1,3,4, v 27 1-3. Should I scan and send to someone?
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0The Peony Society posted an update 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Registration for the site is possible again, the spam filter has received an update and ought to be working fine.
0The Peony Society posted an update 1 month ago
Membership registration for the site is currently disabled as the filters blocking the spam registrations seem to have issues and some false registrations do get through (we’ve just deleted them). Those who are a member already, can still log in. If not a ‘member’ and you’d like to be, then for now send us a message on facebook. To view the site,…[Read more]
0The Peony Society posted an update 1 month ago
This weekend it’s possible to bid on some peonies from the American Peony Society (APS) root auction. You must be an APS member and items are only shipped within the USA, but if you can bid, there are some nice items on display, like Lime Phosphate.
Bidding starts on October 12,…[Read more]![]( "fVb9NJqDTVmgvHS9KJ64_Lime Phosphte")
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