Re: RE: Re: Re: Peonies for the South

Worth a shot, easy and cheap. I use regular garden twine and make tags
out of my old Merrill Lynch business cards (was a paralegal) and write
the color on there. Pretty easy...


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan
Sent: 5/17/2004 7:38:10 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: Re: Re: [CHAT] 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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