Since about a week this site has experienced unusually heavy traffic. About 1,000 ‘unique’ visitors each hour, mostly from faraway places where peonies cannot be grown (Singapore, Brazil, Vietnam), so it feels like a deliberate attempt to slow down the site, which you may have noticed. Traffic from those countries could easily be blocked, but we’d…Read More

I 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 😉

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