A zoom presentation about European peony hybridizers was given. It contains a short overview of all of them and some for which there is not yet a longer article. It’s in english, but there is always google translate as well (use the compressed pdf version in that case, otherwise it will be declined for being too large).
The final version of the powerpoint presentation can be downloaded here. (90 MegaBytes!)
A compressed pdf version of less than 10 MB: Contemporary European Peony Hybridizers v2 100dpi
For the Ukrainian version: Гібридизатори європейських півоній (Koen Hurtekant) .
Older Bulletins from the American Peony Society (APS) can be downloaded or read here. All are available up through 2006 and their main contents listed. For current APS Bulletins and other benefits please consider membership in the APS.
Paeonia was an international newsletter for peony hybridizers and all issues are available for download. It was published quarterly from April 1970 to spring 2002.
SPIN
Species Peonies International Network
Division from Koen Hurtekant. New planting this year
Seeds wild collected in Hungary
The seed pods have opened up too early, but the seeds themselves are good. The yellow ones will turn brown. Leave them as they are, at the beginning of July they’ll probably be ready to harvest. If you harvest them now, they’ll simply rot. Hybrids at this time will be red, those will turn black. You need brown or black seeds, not yellow or red ones.