Updated with some more info I received from Aleksej.
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A lecture from A.P. Saunders, legendary peony hybridizer, in 1924 on the growing of peonies. The text is from one of the nearly abandoned yahoo peony groups, but unfortunately there is no exact reference to where

Luriel commented on the post, Red Windflower
I grow this later windflower strain with the Tolomeo ten as father
Seidl is mentioned – i got 5 different plants of this strain – but only 3 of them has survived
For many years they did not set any seeds..
Luriel commented on the post, Concordia Droysen
Fawkner is an exelent breeder.. i have known him for many years.. and have some of his plants and seedlings here – he is rude.. when he choose what seedlings survives.. high expetations too –
he learned me manyThe Peony Society wrote a new post
Most people visiting this website come from the USA, google analytics tells me. Many will know how they are grown there and much information can be found in publications about peonies (Al Rogers’ ‘Peonies’ for

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Updated with some more info I received from Aleksej.
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