Re: peony seed?

Thanks Gene.  I managed to find 4 brown seeds from the tree peony and 6 blue
ones from P. obovata.  Might give it a try.  The one that is stumping me is
the Glaucidium.  They bloomed in spring before the peonies, but their pods
show no signs of maturing for collection.  They are plump and green still.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@otherside.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] peony seed?


> Hello Kitty,
>     I see quite a bit of peony seed here as I grow mostly the anemone,
> single and Japanese type blooms. Also the tree peony in those styles. Few
of
> the fully doubles, so they can all be pollinated and produce if one does
not
> cut the old flowers off. I have seedlings in between my mature plants that
I
> leave for some time and dig and pot. Mostly they bloom as a single in
shell
> pink.
>     Seeds remind me of coffee beans. Will be rich tan, light to dark
brown.
> Best if not allowed to dry out and sown now. Will germinate next spring.
> They need warm, cold, warm. Time to bloom requires patience... about 4 to
5
> years.
>     Gene E. Bush
> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
> www.munchkinnursery.com
> genebush@munchkinnursery.com
> Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > I left a couple of blooms on the tree peony to form seed in case I
> consider
> > doing anything with it.  They've finally swolen enough to pop open, but
I
> > don't know what's what in there.  There are rows of tiny little crescent
> > shaped seeds in there but there are also some shiny brown peas in there,
> > about the size of a spanish peanut.  So what's what here?
> >
> > The Paeonia obovata (re Patriotic Peony) bright red seeds are similar to
> > this shiny brown one and are now falling to the ground.  Is this fresh
> seed
> > ready for planting or does it need to be aged?  Would it then shrivel
and
> > need to be opened to retrieve seed?
> >
> > Anyone ever worked with these before?
> >
> > Kitty
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Support hort.net -- join the hort.net fund drive!
> http://www.hort.net/funds/

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Support hort.net -- join the hort.net fund drive!
http://www.hort.net/funds/
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index