From these last series, they've received a long warm period and will now go into cold storage. Here the two…
Was on a Secret Garden Tour today and one of the gardens had a tree peony with open seed pod. I asked the owner if I could have some seeds – he said YES! So now I am going to try to grow a peony tree from seed.
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OF never makes good carpals at my house, so the method I used was to use OF as a pollen parent. Which means knowing a friend who lives somewhere where the season is much earlier than in my (quite late) area where I can get pollen, and then use it on earlier varieties.
You are right though; strong stems are the goal here, and in the long run I believe will be the ultimate goal of all work with the herbaceous hybrids, even if not all of our wonderful new varieties have them yet.
Bob
Got this sent to me. Don’t know which cultivar or species but if I were to guess I’d say ‘High Noon’. That Lutea hybrid cultivar has the ability to give some rebloom in some years.
“I wanted to share a photo I just took of a re-blossoming peony on a peony bush that normally blooms in late May or early June. Two new buds emerged this week. This…Read More![]()
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This variety grows slowly and has a low grafting survival rate, so it is very popular in China and must be reserved in advance.
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Good luck with them!