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Something bizarre happened this year. As I was wandering through my fields of blooming peonies, I passed at a...
American Peony Society
- Spring 2023; No. 405 Bulletin 2023, March 20thThe Spring 2023; No. 405 American Peony Society Bulletin is available online for reading. Enjoy and thanks to all of our members for their generous support! Become a Member to view this and other publications through the Member Portal. Click HERE to access reading (you must be a member and logged in to view). The post Spring […]
- A.P. Saunder Video 2023, March 18thHamilton College Archives has made available the use of a short video of A.P. Saunder working in “The Ribbon” at Hamilton College. Recorded in the early to mid 1930’s by Alexander Woollcott. The video does not have sound, but provides visual of Saunders and how he worked. Access to this video and others is available at […]
- NEW! APS Publication Downloads 2023, March 12thAPS is moving away from physically printed book sales and has a new option for anyone who loves peony reading! Most APS publications have now been digitized and are available as pdf downloads, at the low cost of $5.00. While these are not in a reader format, pdf files are easily read on most any […]
- Winter 2022; No. 404 Bulletin 2022, December 17thThe Winter 2022; No. 404 American Peony Society Bulletin is available online for reading. Enjoy and thanks to all of our members for their generous support! Become a Member to view this and other publications through the Member Portal. Click HERE to access reading (you must be a member and logged in to view). The post Winter […]
- Directory of New Cultivars – 2022 2022, December 17thThe Directory of New Cultivars – 2022 is now available for online viewing. This addition features over 300 of latest registrations. Become a Member to view this and other publications through the Member Portal. Click HERE to access reading (you must be a member and logged in to view). ICRA Registrar: Jordan Kabat The post Directory […]
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
- Re: Paeonia 2022 2022, November 6thThanks Herman. I only show the best ones. Last winter was bad, I lost several peonies, too, but it is good that I have found the ones which like it here.Quote from: koen on November 06, 2022, 10:16:05 AMYou have many fin...
- Re: Paeonia 2022 2022, November 6thLeena, you have a great collection of Paeonia! They grow very well in your garden. Thanks for showing.
- Re: Paeonia 2022 2022, November 6thYou have many fine looking species plants, congratulations. I especially like these hybrids, they are very pretty looking plants! Both the parents are poor growers here, so I'm quite jealous of your large plants ;-) I do hope you'll get second generati...
- Re: Paeonia 2022 2022, November 6thQuote from: Leena on November 05, 2022, 12:35:51 PMThank you Gabriela.I have some extra white veitchii seeds in moist vermiculite.. So very tempting Leena
- Re: Paeonia 2022 2022, November 5thThank you Gabriela.I have some extra white veitchii seeds in moist vermiculite..
- Re: Paeonia 2022 2022, November 5thThey are all so beautiful Leena, and very happy looking :-) You can tell they like your garden.You are right, best to grow the plants that adapt and do well in your particular conditions. There are so many species to choose from.P. veitchii also does...
- Re: Paeonia 2022 2022, November 4thThank you all. I got interested in peonies about 15 years ago, and now most of my flowering peonies are grown from seeds. It seems suddenly I have so many peonies now. I have bought some lactiflora cultivars, but actually prefer my own seed gr...
- Re: Paeonia 2022 2022, November 3rdFabulous Leena, your garden is a real treasure house of peonies.
- Re: Paeonia 2022 2022, November 3rdI echo what Ashley has written, Leena. Also I am envious of your beautiful well flowered paeonies in your garden!
- Re: Paeonia 2022 2022, November 3rdLovely plants and photos Leena. Thank you for showing them, especially at this dark time of year
HortAlaska Peonies
- Analyzing the red (pink) color of herbaceous peonies 2022, April 24thAnthocyanin accumulation and differential expression of the biosynthetic genes result in a discrepancy in the red color of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) flowers. by Y. Wu, Z. Has, Y. Tang and D. Zhao. 2022. Horticulturae. Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/horticulturae The scientists were interested in learning the differences in the pigment, anthocyanin, between a pink and […]
- Melatonin and Peony Stem Strength 2022, April 23rdMelatonin enhances stem strength by increasing the lignin content and secondary cell wall thickness in herbaceous peony. by D. Zhao, Y. Luan, W. She, Y. Tang, X Huang, and J. Tao. 2022. Journal of Experimental Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac165 This research paper was just reported as a PDF of a research paper that has yet to be […]
- Drying Flowers 2021, March 20thKumar, S., A. Malik and V. Hooda. 2021. Drying of flowers: a money-spinning aspect of floriculture industry. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. Spring 10(1): 27-31. This article from India, summarizes methods used to dry/preserve cut flowers to expand options for businesses already selling fresh cut flowers. Dried flower products have been exported from India for […]
- Jealousy, Greek Myths and Peonies! Why Not? 2021, March 13thIllieva, I. 2021. Names of botanical genera inspired by mythology. GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences Online press. 14(3)8-18. Author, Iliana Illeva, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria, explored the scientific names of plants and traced those that originated in Greek Mythology. Peonies are there, of course. The origin refers to the centuries-old use of peony roots […]
- Peony Pollen and Carp! 2021, February 22ndFlower growers are always looking for other products or marketing methods to add value to their main product- fresh cut peonies. I see a lot of ads and information about peony artwork, medicinals, tea, cosmetics, calendars, photography, and so much more. However, these researchers show that connections might occur in areas one would never expect. […]
Southern Peony
- 2023 January Tree Peony Growth 2023, February 1stJanuary Tree Peony Growth Wow! A new year already? And the last day of the first month. Where does time go? The tree peonies keep time and have already begun their growth for the new year. I've been watching them all month go from fat buds into small shoots with buds! Although the weather is […]
- 2022 American Peony Society Convention Artistic Design Category, Mom Wins 2 Blue Ribbons!! 2022, July 9th2022 American Peony Society Convention Artistic Design CategoryMom Wins 2 Blue Ribbons!! This year I actually was able to get my Mom to attend the American Peony Society Convention with me. I was also able to convince her to enter a few flower arrangements into the Artistic Design category of the show. She had never […]
- 2022 American Peony Society Convention Exhibition Artistic Design Entries 2022, July 7th2022 American Peony Society Artistic Design Entries Inside the University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Garden's Auditorium, I think the Artistic Design entries got the best spot in the show, a beautiful spot right next to a wall of windows overlooking an outdoor patio surrounded by lush greenery! I should have taken a photo of the […]
- 2022 American Peony Society Exhibition Southern Peony Wins Artistic Design Novice Rosette Award 2022, July 4th2022 American Peony Society Exhibition Artistic Design AwardNovice Class 3 "Perennial Garden" After the judging is complete at the American Peony Society convention, all of the entrants are always excited to go see what if any ribbons they might have won. I was one of those people since I entered a few designs into the […]
- 2022 American Peony Society Convention Flower Exhibition Seedlings 2022, July 2nd2022 American Peony Society Convention Flower Exhibition Seedlings For the last few conventions at least, the Seedling category of the American Peony Society Flower Exhibition Seedling class has been judged by Don Hollingsworth (loves early double herbaceous) and Nate Bremer (loves tree peonies). You can check out my interviews with each of them on our […]
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