Re: early arrivals - tree peonies

> > Both of mine bloom after the garden peonies.
> This surprises me, Ceres.  My tree peony blooms a good two weeks before
the
> herbaceous ones - always has.

Before which herbaceous ones?  Herbaceous peonies, like daylilies bloom at
different times.  My Coral N' Gold is an early variety, while my old
fashioned garden peonies are lates.

I honestly can't remember when my tree peony blooms in relation to these,
but I'm guessing it's in between the two.  I'm going to have to watch for
that this season.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] early arrivals - tree peonies


> In a message dated 02/09/2004 8:16:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> Cersgarden@aol.com writes:
>
> > Bonnie, are you saying it bloomed so early that it was still dark in
morn &
> > eve?  Both of mine bloom after the garden peonies.
>
> This surprises me, Ceres.  My tree peony blooms a good two weeks before
the
> herbaceous ones - always has.  Admittedly it is not a fancy named
variety -
> bought it as a tuber off a rack in a hardware store about twenty-five
years ago
> for less than five dollars - more than that I couldn't have afforded at
that
> time.  It bloomed well for several years in the place where I first
planted it
> beside a large rockface.  Then a dogwood tree grew up in that bed and
> completely shaded it.  For a few years it didn't bloom and was in a
decline until I
> could get someone to help me transplant it.  My DH kept saying don't
bother - get
> a new one - and so forth, but I'm stubborn.  Once it was transplanted into
a
> more open spot it began to bloom again - had ten beautiful blooms last
season.
>  The bush is still small - about 3' x 3', so ten 4-inch blooms made it
quite
> a sight.  It is a lovely pink with ruffled edges and dark red stamens.
> Couldn't be prettier if it had a fancy name.  Auralie
>
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