Re: Help with peonies

The cool weather is what I think caused the Colchicum to sprout early, but
all my peonies are green to the ground.  My SAC is starting to bloom, but
that's pretty much on schedule.  If Chris' problems are just the leaves, it
is autumn coming on, but if she has black stems, that's bad news.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:23 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Help with peonies


> Kitty, we've had a couple of unseasonably cool weeks in our area (more
> actually.)  A number of things are fading early and my Sweet Autumn
Clematis
> has already started it's glorious show.  I think the cooler weather has
> confused a number of plants that are regulated by temperature rather than
> length of day light.
>
> Blessings (SW OH - zone 5)
> Bonnie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of Kitty
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:39 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Help with peonies
>
> Melody, you're right about your peonies, it is just that this is still
> summer.  It's a bit early for them to be going downhill.  A few scorched
> edges here and there are ok, but I would think yours would still be pretty
> much green at the end of August.
>
> Kitty
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 5:54 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Help with peonies
>
>
> > Guess after reading a few of the other posts, I am now aware that not
> > all peonies do this...I've grown peonies pretty much all my life and
> > have never not had mine do this...all very healthy, very robust plants.
> > My grandmother (of the 100+ year old peonies) always told me this was
> > just how it was with these plants and she always mowed hers to the
> > ground the end of every fall once they were browned. I do agree with
> > Kitty, though that any blackened stems need to be removed asap...that is
> > never a good sign.
> >
> >
> >
> > Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> >
> > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> > --Albert Einstein
> >
> >  --- On Tue 08/31, Melody < mhobertm@excite.com > wrote:
> > From: Melody [mailto: mhobertm@excite.com]
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 06:29:00 -0400 (EDT)
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Help with peonies
> >
> > Chris: This is what peonies do at the end of summer and into
> > fall.<br>Normally I wait a bit longer to mow them down (or cut,
> > whichever way you<br>prefer), usually mid to late fall. Same thing is
> > happening to mine here,<br>so as long as there is no outward sign of
> > stress or disease (like an<br>obvious fungus or mildew or something
> > yucky) I wouldn't worry about it.<br>Kind of like waiting for tulip
> > foliage to die off completely...looks<br>terrible until you can finally
> > get it cleared away, but necessary to<br>next year's healthy
> > plants.<br><br><br><br>Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br><br>"The most beautiful
> > thing we can experience is the mysterious." <br>--Albert
> > Einstein<br><br> --- On Mon 08/30, < Chris@widom-assoc.com >
> > wrote:<br>From: [mailto: Chris@widom-assoc.com]<br>To:
> > gardenchat@hort.net<br>Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:33:57 -0400<br>Subject:
> > [CHAT] Help with peonies<br><br>Many of my peony plants are browning and
> > look awful! Could this be<br>blight<br>or could this be the end of their
> > season? Also, I have an<br>abundance of<br>mature foxgloves for the
> > first time, but many are<br>growing in all the wrong<br>places! When is
> > a safe time to relocate<br>them? I tried to pot some up in<br>the late
> > spring/early summer, but<br>they didn't like it much, although
> > they<br>didn't die<br>outright.<br><br>Chris<br>Long Island,
> >
>
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