A peony with wonderful flowers, but the stems are far too weak unfortunately.
Al Rogers was named after the American nurseryman who wrote an excellent book about peonies. It is an outstanding...
Paeonia species in their native habitat.
This selection from Pink Vanguard x Lavender Baby has potential as a cut flower.
Old Faithful, new beginnings?
The hybridizers newsletter, published from 1970 through 2002, is now fully available.
A single-flowered yellow peony bred by Harald Fawkner. Superb plant, dark green foliage, tall upright stems, very floriferous. The...
The movie's just better than the book ;-)

From these last series, they've received a long warm period and will now go into cold storage. Here the two…
Worked like a charm this time. Rooted seeds of nearly all 'difficult' samples and almost all of them looking perfectly…
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…
2026, The Peony Society
White Vanguard has, by benign accident, been distributed as two different seedlings as noted by Ruud. They possess two different parentage accordingly. #79H14-1 is the true White Vanguard, an Archangel seedling, that I acquired from Bill Seidl over a dozen years ago. It blooms very early, concurrent with the last blooms of Claire de Lune, has warm tints upon first opening and stands well without mechanical support. I was unsuccessful in trying to post a picture here, but have posted images of a newly opened bloom and the bush of #79H14-1 on my Facebook page Chotkowski Gardens for those who are interested.
From Chotkowski Gardens on facebook: Flowering time: Very early, concurrent with the last opening blooms of Claire de Lune, a bit before Roselette, before Archangel, way before Red Charm.
#79H14-1 does indeed look better than the White Vanguard I have, thanks for the info Ruud and Henry
Seidl seedling# 79H14-1 or 79H5-7?