American Peony Society
- New Membership Options for 2021 2020, October 31stSavings and Reading Options A number of new savings and reading (Bulletin) options are available for members renewing in 2021. Changes in the membership structure were developed in response to membership reading habits, available technology, desire for cost savings in printing & mailing the Bulletin, providing more environmentally sound options and efficiencies gained in production […]
- Top 20 Peony Popularity Poll 2020, September 8thResults from the APS Popularity Poll: The 20 Peonies I Have to Own Earlier in the year, APS asked members to submit their favorite 20 peonies in a popularity poll. Why just 20 when there are many that are our favorites and the list changes constantly? By asking for your favorites, peonies that are […]
- Welcome APS’ New Directors & Officers 2020, August 4thBoard of Directors and Officer Election Results (terms 2020-2022) The American Peony Society would like to congratulate the following members, elected to the Board of Directors at the Annual General Membership Meeting, held August 1, 2020: Craig Aiken, Adriana Feng, Lois Girton, Leena Liljestrand, David Maltby, David Michener, Mike Miller, Mary Muellner, Brandie Orchard, […]
- Peony Puzzle 2020, July 10thYou don’t have to grow peonies to enjoy them. The link below will take you Jigsaw Explorer Puzzle Player, which will display a puzzle of a flower from the cultivar ‘Guardian of the Monastery’. A great way to practice your puzzle skills while waiting for an appointment or if you have down time! Peony Puzzle […]
- 2020 Gold Medal Winner 2020, June 20th‘Hillary’ The American Peony Society is pleased to announce ‘Hillary’ as the recipient of the 2020 Gold Medal and the 2021 Peony of the Year. ‘Hillary’ is a cultivar belonging to the Itoh (Intersectional) group, which is a hybrid between a herbaceous peony and a woody (tree) peony. Registered in 1999 by hybridizer Roger Anderson […]
Canadian Peony Society
- Showing Peonies 2020, April 3rdThe post Showing Peonies appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Pests & Disease 2020, April 3rdThe food storage roots of well-grown healthy peonies will generally by symmetrical in outline and in cross section, smooth of surface. If there are branch storage roots, expect them to be smaller but otherwise similar. Also, by late summer, as we get into digging season, expect the current year feeder roots (those which have not […]
- Gift poem by Blaine Marchand 2020, April 3rdGift - A.P. Saunders pauses before he begins hybridization, Clinton, NY, 1917. Sable brush in hand, amid cupped peonies drenched in sunlight, iridescent as fine china, the memory of my father blooms. The post Gift poem by Blaine Marchand appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Perfecting Peonies by Blaine Marchand 2020, April 3rdThe post Perfecting Peonies by Blaine Marchand appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Planting / Care / Drying / Cutting / Storing 2020, April 3rdThere are over 5,000 varieties of the common garden or herbaceous peony. Fall is the opportune time to plant your freshly dug roots. If you purchase a potted root these can be planted anytime of the year. The post Planting / Care / Drying / Cutting / Storing appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
Southern Peony
- 2020 Peony Blooms Week 9 Very Very Very Late 2020, May 23rdWOW. Is there another word for Wow? This is definitely mind blowing! For the first time ever here at Southern Peony, we've had a Week 9 Bloom Season! That is probably very rare, especially for the South, where it usually goes from winter to summer in 1 week flat. LOL. I must say I am […]
- 2020 How to Make a Peony Support Ring from a Tomato Cage 2020, May 22ndPeony 'White Cap' in Dire Need of Support Day after day, I just couldn't take looking at it this way anymore. This Peony 'White Cap' just kept blooming and blooming. I thought at some point it would just quit blooming and I wouldn't have to watch the blooms keep opening on the ground, but it […]
- 2020 Peony Blooms Week 8 Very Very Late 2020, May 17thIt looks like the "Firefly"s came out this week. It is always so neat to see the wild, twisted, and striped petals on Peony 'Raspberry Firely' and Peony 'Pink Firefly'. Peony 'Candy Stipe' is always one of the last peonies to bloom in my garden, and I always look forward to it's peppermint like stipes […]
- 2020 Giant Leaves on Herbaceous Peony 'Juliska'!! 2020, May 15thHerbaceous Peony 'Juliska' Giant Leaves 10 Inches Across So the foliage on the Peony 'Juliska' is not as large as the foliage that grew on my 2013 Peony Foliage on Steriods! Peony 'Bowl of Cream'. However it is still really, really big. I am wondering if this Peony 'Juliska' foliage will grow this large every […]
- 2020 Giant Bloom on Intersectional Peony 'Gordon E. Simonson' 2020, May 15thIntersectional Peony 'Gordon E. Simonson' WOW! That's all I can really say about this Giant Bloom on my Intersectional Peony 'Gordon E. Simonson'. Of all the intersectional peonies I grow, the flowers on this one are definitely the largest. This is actually the first year this intersectional peony has bloomed for me. I first planted […]
HortAlaska Peonies
- Storage Life of Peonies at very low temperatures 2020, November 10thScientists at North Carolina State University conducted research into storage temperatures of peonies as cut flowers using three temperatures: -3.1C, 0.7C and 3.5C (26.4, 33.2 and 38.3F) in one experiment and -0.6C (30.9F) in another. Cut flowers were harvested mostly in stage 2 but some in earlier stages of opening. They were wrapped in newspaper […]
- Edible flowers as Phytonutrients 2020, November 10thThis paper highlights the use of flowers as a source of healthy phytonutrients. The review from the University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland is an extensive literature search of >100 species species that have been harvested for culinary and medicinal purposes. The list is amazing and includes traditional standards such as saffron, violets, calendula and […]
- Microstructural and lignin characteristics in herbaceous peony cultivars with different stem strengths 2019, October 27thThese authors conducted experiments with stem strength on 8 cultivars of Chinese peonies, P. lacitflora. They were interested in learning if lignin and/or cellulose were the main components of stem strength (lignin won). In a previous article, they found that stem strength could be significantly improved by spraying plants with silicon or nano Calcium carbonate. […]
- The Alaska Peony Industry 2019, September 14thAttached is an article I wrote that summarizes the Alaska peony industry today. It covers how the industry got started and how it has matured over the past 18 years. As most growers will attest, it hasn’t been easy, and world competition is heating up. The industry is still in its infancy, and it will […]
- Thrips and Lygus Bugs on Alaska Peonies 2019, July 28thThe attached video was made in 2018 by Dr. Beverly Gerdeman, Washington State University who studied the identity and life cycles of thrips in Alaska. Thrips and Lygus in Alaska
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