A story about a large organic peony growing company: Swenson Gardens.
https://lakeminnetonkamag.com/story-swenson-gardens-worlds-largest-chemical-free-peony-farmTheir reports have been posted and are interesting reading, especially if you grow a larger number of peonies.
Well, I was planning to browse through some old messages on the specialized yahoo groups discussion boards. I could find the groups I’m a member of, but could not locate any messages? After some searching I found yahoo has made some changes, some of them being ‘conversations, message history and attachments’ are gone. In short, all those thousands…Read More
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Pink Vanguard, which has as its parents Salmon Dream and Blushing Princess. It resembles the latter more than the former and grows far better than both here.
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Tja, da’s inderdaad vreemd. Ik had geen uitval erin dit jaar zoals je op de foto’s ziet, maar het zijn maar tweedejaarsplanten natuurlijk, dus veel kon ik er niet mee doen. Blushing Princess heeft nooit goed gegroeid hier, de paar planten die ik had zijn ieder jaar achteruit gegaan en de wortels zijn grotendeels weggerot. Ik heb de laatste goede…Read More
Rozella, from my greenhouse (it’s a late blooming cultivar in fact). How to say this without overstating it? It’s a perfect plant I think 😀. Very sturdy straight stems, an immensely large flower. Floriferous. Clean closed bud. Dark green healthy foliage. It’s by far my favourite dark pink and I cannot recommend it highly enough. According to David…Read More
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How’s your light pink mutation growing, Koen? That would be most promising also. We need more statue peonies like Rozella.
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Last fall I dug and divided my two plants of it. The one which wasn’t pure yet was kept separately and again I’ve tried to get rid of the dark pink part. The small divisions remaing didn’t flower this year. The ‘pure’ one was divided and replanted and flowered. There was one flower which had one remaining dark pink petal, the rest of the flowers…Read More
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Bij mij bijna 100% verdroogde knoppen dit jaar. Misschien ongelukkig getimede nachtvorsten? Geen idee. Blushing Princess staat er naast en die had bijna geen verdroogde knoppen. Vond het wel vrij extreem, zie dit zelden in de hybriden maar Pink Vanguard dus tot in extremis dit jaar.