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Both Early and Late Windflower have been growing here for several years. As many will know, they are extremely...
The peony Vanilla Schnapps is one of the very best peonies that can be found and one of my...
Don Hollingsworth is an American hybridizer who introduced many fine varieties and is well-known within the peony community for...
Now for something very new and distinct: double pink paeonia tenuifolia cultivars.
F.C. Stern was the author of one of the most important publications about peonies with his "A study of...
“Why should we join a peony society?” (this one, or any other), you might ask yourself. After all, you...
In the 19th century many peonies were bred in France and the UK, whilst the center of peony hybridizing...
Fun it may be to always discuss those new advanced hybrids, but they tend to come at a price....
P. coriacea is a species which grows in the mountains in both the south of Spain (Sierra Nevada) and...
Bill Seidl, a well-known American hybridizer of advanced herbaceous and tree hybrid peonies, passed away October 8th, 2016. I’ve...
Something bizarre happened this year. As I was wandering through my fields of blooming peonies, I passed at a...
Last year I had the rare opportunity to buy a batch of P. brownii seeds, although with the warning...
Canary Brilliants is one the finest Itoh-hybrids. This one has been bred by Roger Anderson and was registered in...
Previously published in: Hurtekant, K. “Foliar Nematodes in Peonies.” In: The American Peony Society Bulletin, March 2014, no. 369,...
Peony Addicts, Red Windflower (RW) is registered — APS 1986-96 Checklist, pp 22,23. Sdlg 76LSW-3. Laddie x Sparkling Windflower,...
A very distinct peony with very beautiful foliage and nodding flowers. Very floriferous and fast growing. In the Peony...
A single-flowered yellow peony bred by Harald Fawkner. Superb plant, dark green foliage, tall upright stems, very floriferous. The...
Buoy Master is a single white, bred by Harald Fawkner from Sweden, that is early. It stands up well...
One of the very best Pink Vanguard x Lavender Baby seedlings. Semi-double to double. Large flower. Sturdy upright stems,...
Grown together with P. daurica ssp. coriifolia, this one is clearly different,
Grown from seed I’ve bought from Will McLewin, the mother plant was a mlokosewitschii-hybrid plant he named ‘Fedora-Mloko Hybrid’....
Our favorite Paeonia species, Paeonia mascula ssp. hellenica is a short growing plant with outstanding foliage and extremely pretty...
From Mallorca (Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea) comes P. cambessedessii. Although it is sometimes offered by peony nurseries,...
Updated with some more info I received from Aleksej.
OF never makes good carpals at my house, so the method I used was to use OF as a pollen…
I haven't followed up on it and I don't grow any of them myself. You're right to ask for it…
Any further information on Little Erna…it’s been 7 years.
I must say that I grow all my seedlings in potting soil, 24 seeds to a #3 pot. I keep…
I can't speak much about the "stimulating" properties of any of these products, but my sense is that the bacterial…
Danke für den interessanten Artikel. Werde ich auch mal anwenden für Spezies-Sämlinge und Jungpflanzen von Albiflora . Ich hoffe es…
Yes. But I'll have to admit that I haven't done a decent trial comparing seeds treated with GA3 and a…
Thanks Koen, I have also better results when I placed my seeds in constant temprature in my 'home made' climate…
Hi Koen, from years of growing in warmer climates. Just to mention a few. Red Charm a definite no go.…