RE: Re: Peonies for the South
- To: g*@hort.net
- Subject: RE: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South
- From: &* <m*@excite.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 09:38:30 -0400 (EDT)
Bonnie: Goodness, I'd say at the rate you are going, by the end of 29
years you are going to have more than you ever bargained for...isn't it
wonderful??? :-)
Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
--Albert Einstein
--- On Sun 05/16, Bonnie & Bill Morgan < wmorgan972@ameritech.net > wrote:
From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan [mailto: wmorgan972@ameritech.net]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 23:55:53 -0400
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<br>bed! LOL!!! <br><br>My back's pretty sore right now from digging
another 4' X 6' area for mom's<br>peonies. I got the one clump in (now
about 6 smaller clumps when the roots<br>separated.) I shutter to think
how much more digging I need to do for the<br>rest of her peonies! UGH!
I made a raised bed for them because the roots<br>were so long and so
deep, not to mention thick! They were well watered. I<br>tried to put
mulch over them, but the mulch pile I used must have an ant<br>colony in
it. Talk about a biting swarm! I've got to get new mulch.<br>Hopefully,
next Sunday when I go back to Indy, I'll be able to see what<br>color
the rest of the peonies are so I can get a sample of each
variety<br>mother has. I'm not sure how I'll color code them as I dig
them out. <br><br>I received a number of iris in swaps with folks at
work and elsewhere last<br>year. This is the first year I've seen them
bloom. One is the most<br>delicate sky blue that literally glistens in
the sunlight. One looks like<br>dry champagne edged in a sweet merlot.
Another is a white variety that is<br>stunning in its own right. There
is one clump in the patriotic garden that<br>has not yet revealed its
color, but I can hardly wait! Everything is so<br>full, I know I'll be
busy next spring (or later this season) dividing and<br>removing
extra's. One of my neighbors had reminded me of my plan to line
at<br>least the North side of the driveway with a border. She thought it
was<br>pretty ambitious at the time, but has been impressed with the
progress I've<br>made. At the rate I'm going, it will take more than a
29 year plan. (If<br>the driveway were much longer, some might think it
was a lane.<br><br>Blessings,<br>Bonnie (SW OH - zone
5)<br><br>Blessings,<br>Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)<br><br>-----Original
Message-----<br>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
[o*@hort.net] On Behalf<br>Of
gardenqueen@academicplanet.com<br>Sent: Sunday, May 16,
2004 10:37 PM<br>To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT]
Peonies for the South<br><br>I don't have room for one but Andrea might
take you up on it. I really<br>am squeezing stuff in w/ a shoe horn now.
My friend Elaine was at<br>Longwood Gardens last month and wanted so
badly to get me a plant, but<br>as she looked around the other day - she
said "you have no place to put<br>it". She's right! Those beds
are FULL!<br><br><br>Pam Evans<br>Kemp, TX<br>zone 8A<br>----- Original
Message -----<br>From: Melody<br>Sent: 5/16/2004 5:14:17 PM<br>To:
gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the
South<br><br>> Andrea and Pam: I have two festiva maxima peonies and
I love them! I'm<br>> probably going to divide them this fall as they
have gotten absolutely<br>> enormous (about 3 feet across and about 4
feet tall with buds on), so<br>> it's time. Up here peonies cant get
pretty big...I'll send you a picture<br>> when they bloom. Now...do
you guys want some to try free before you buy?<br>> If you'll remind
me in the fall, I'll be happy to send you each some.<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 Sat 05/15, <
gardenqueen@academicplanet.com > wrote:<br>> From: [mailto:
gardenqueen@academicplanet.com]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 21:22:10 -0500<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT]
Peonies for the South<br>> <br>> Andrea - how big are these
things? I've got no room for anything<br>> bigger<br>than a
small lavender. Peonies in the South?? What a<br>>
concept.<br><br><br>Pam Evans<br>Kemp,
TX<br>zone 8A<br>----- Original<br>> Message
-----<br>From: Andrea H<br>Sent: 5/15/2004 8:04:51
PM<br>To:<br>> gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: [CHAT]
Peonies for the South<br><br>><br>> I read in the book
Passa
lo
ng Plants by Steve Bender and Felder Rushing<br>> today<br>>
that there are 3 peonies that will survive in the deep<br>>
south.<br>> <br>> Festiva maxima, Big Ben, and a pink
on that I<br>> can't remember the name of.<br>> Apparently,
we have to plant the<br>> early flowering ones as the rest will
not<br>> make it.<br>><br>> <br>> Has
anyone tried this down here? We are supposed to plant them<br>> in
October so<br>> I'm going to see if I can buy some to plant in
the<br>> fall. I've GOT to try this.<br>> <br>>
Andrea H<br>> Beaufort,<br>> SC<br>>
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