RE: Re: Re: Peonies for the South

Another good thought.  I have yarn everywhere, but I'm not sure of the
colors in my stash.  I'll have to dig through it.

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of gardenqueen@academicplanet.com
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 7:06 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South

Or get some pieces of yarn in the color of the flowers, red, pink, white
- whatever and just tie it around the trunk or main sten, loosely of
course.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
Sent: 5/16/2004 11:30:01 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South

> >  I'm not sure how I'll color code them as I dig them out.

> I've had to do this with my lilies when blooming, so in fall I'll know
what

> they are.  I have a roll of orange tree tape - maybe not the right term,
but

> you often see this stretchy tape tied to trees to mark as sold.  Oftne is

> bold colors like orange, bright pink, yellow, lime green.  Magic marker

> writes easily on it.  I tie this loosely to the base of the lily.  You
could

> simply tie it around the root.

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>

> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:55 PM

> Subject: RE: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South

> 

> 

> > Pam, do you have any grass left in your yard?  Then there's room for a
new

> > bed! LOL!!!

> >

> > My back's pretty sore right now from digging another 4' X 6' area for

> mom's

> > peonies.  I got the one clump in (now about 6 smaller clumps when the

> roots

> > separated.)  I shutter to think how much more digging I need to do for
the

> > rest of her peonies!  UGH!  I made a raised bed for them because the
roots

> > were so long and so deep, not to mention thick!  They were well watered.

> I

> > tried to put mulch over them, but the mulch pile I used must have an ant

> > colony in it.  Talk about a biting swarm!  I've got to get new mulch.

> > Hopefully, next Sunday when I go back to Indy, I'll be able to see what

> > color the rest of the peonies are so I can get a sample of each variety

> > mother has.  I'm not sure how I'll color code them as I dig them out.

> >

> > I received a number of iris in swaps with folks at work and elsewhere
last

> > year.  This is the first year I've seen them bloom.  One is the most

> > delicate sky blue that literally glistens in the sunlight.  One looks
like

> > dry champagne edged in a sweet merlot.  Another is a white variety that
is

> > stunning in its own right.  There is one clump in the patriotic garden

> that

> > has not yet revealed its color, but I can hardly wait!  Everything is so

> > full, I know I'll be busy next spring (or later this season) dividing
and

> > removing extra's.  One of my neighbors had reminded me of my plan to
line

> at

> > least the North side of the driveway with a border.  She thought it was

> > pretty ambitious at the time, but has been impressed with the progress

> I've

> > made.  At the rate I'm going, it will take more than a 29 year plan.
(If

> > the driveway were much longer, some might think it was a lane.

> >

> > Blessings,

> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

> >

> > Blessings,

> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

> >

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On

> Behalf

> > Of gardenqueen@academicplanet.com

> > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:37 PM

> > To: gardenchat@hort.net

> > Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South

> >

> > I don't have room for one but Andrea might take you up on it. I really

> > am squeezing stuff in w/ a shoe horn now. My friend Elaine was at

> > Longwood Gardens last month and wanted so badly to get me a plant, but

> > as she looked around the other day - she said "you have no place to put

> > it". She's right! Those beds are FULL!

> >

> >

> > Pam Evans

> > Kemp, TX

> > zone 8A

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: Melody

> > Sent: 5/16/2004 5:14:17 PM

> > To: gardenchat@hort.net

> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South

> >

> > > Andrea and Pam: I have two festiva maxima peonies and I love them! I'm

> > > probably going to divide them this fall as they have gotten absolutely

> > > enormous (about 3 feet across and about 4 feet tall with buds on), so

> > > it's time. Up here peonies cant get pretty big...I'll send you a
picture

> > > when they bloom. Now...do you guys want some to try free before you
buy?

> > > If you'll remind me in the fall, I'll be happy to send you each some.

> > >

> > >

> > > Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

> > >

> > > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."

> > > --Albert Einstein

> > >

> > >  --- On Sat 05/15,  < gardenqueen@academicplanet.com > wrote:

> > > From:  [mailto: gardenqueen@academicplanet.com]

> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net

> > > Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 21:22:10 -0500

> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South

> > >

> > > Andrea - how big are these things? I've got no room for anything

> > > bigger<br>than a small lavender. Peonies in the South?? What a

> > > concept.<br><br><br>Pam Evans<br>Kemp, TX<br>zone 8A<br>----- Original

> > > Message -----<br>From: Andrea H<br>Sent: 5/15/2004 8:04:51 PM<br>To:

> > > gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: [CHAT] Peonies for the South<br><br>>

> > > I read in the book Passalong Plants by Steve Bender and Felder Rushing

> > > today<br>> that there are 3 peonies that will survive in the deep

> > > south.<br>> <br>> Festiva maxima, Big Ben, and a pink on that I

> > > can't remember the name of.<br>> Apparently, we have to plant the

> > > early flowering ones as the rest will not<br>> make it.<br>>

> > > <br>> Has anyone tried this down here? We are supposed to plant them

> > > in October so<br>> I'm going to see if I can buy some to plant in the

> > > fall. I've GOT to try this.<br>> <br>> Andrea H<br>> Beaufort,

> > > SC<br>> <br>>

> >

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