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Today I’m sharing the SECRET to growing peonies in COLD climates!
As a third-gen peony grower with nearly 50 years of experience, let me tell you something amazing about Rockii peonies :
❄️ They survive -43°C winters!
Yes, really! These to…Read More![]()
Some days ago we mowed down a plot of peonies which was heavily infected with (strawberry)leaf nematodes (aphelenchoides fragariae). It’s one of only a few problems with peonies that regularly occur here, the other being botrytis and, less common, phytophthora. The plants will no doubt experience a setback, but it is hoped the pest can be…Read More
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liked this1 CommentI just received some images of Matias Krieger’s seedlings and they were added to the page about him and his work. Have a look to see some nice ones for the future… Here’s already one of which I’m just a little bit jealous 😉
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I am posting an image of Andreas Maschke (B3) flowering in my garden. Very nice plant, herbaceous in appearance, very similar to its pollen parent. The flowers have pollen and carpels.
I have used its pollen on so called fertile itohs to increase the tree peony characters and obtain fertile backcrosses. I tried it also on herbaceous hybrids like…Read More![]()
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@roberto Have you obtained any seedlings from the cross Itohs x B3?
I have tried B3 pollen on several itohs such as Watermelon Wine, Belle Tolousaine, Sonoma Rosy Future, Gordon Simonsen but no seeds yet. This year I have tried also the same pollen on Golden Experience. Results if any will be visible in a couple of months. I do not want to cross these RIBC2 with herbaceous hybrids because it increases the…Read More
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@roberto I forgot to answer your question about my results hybridizing with this, sorry. Now that I see this post again I suddenly remember…
Growing seedlings currently from these crosses with B3 (Andreas Maschke):
(Big Jhonny x open) double pink x B3: 9 seedlings
(Old Faithful x Grand Massive)001 x B3: 2 small ones
(Pink Vanguard x Buoy…Read More
Today the peony world has lost a great man; Don Hollingsworth passed away at a blessed age. He was the founder and owner of Hollingsworth nursery before it was sold. A great hybridizer of peonies and prolific contributor to many peony discussions, you can find many very informative articles within the APS Bulletins or the Paeonia newsletters. If…Read More
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Most intersectional don’t have leafnematodes.
Treepeonies don’t seem to suffer from leafnematodes as well.
I always wondered why nobody did any research on this feature.