Re: Paeonia japonica

I have a teeny one of the P. obovata - no blooms yet, but I'm hoping
- at least it came back this year!  

I'm not sure Tony gets his from Ellen, but I'm sure he's more
expensive!  I think a lot of Tony but his prices have gone way up the
last few years....

Well, I've had no luck with the seeds in baggies doing the
warm/fridge/warm bit - so thought I'd just put them around the mother
plant as they would end up in nature and see what happened...

The pots that finally germinated for me after 3 years weren't peonies
- I've been thinking of pitching that lot - quite a few pots - that
have been lined up outside the greenhouse for so long and then I see
something has germinated!  So, guess I'll hang on to them a while
longer to see if anything else does - sometimes it takes forever!

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
<4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> 
> Marge,
> I also have P. obovata, another woodland peony, but with pink
blooms.  It's
> shoots are only up a few inches so far, but it bloomed the first
year (got
> them at the same time, but obovata came from Seneca while japonica
came from
> PDN - I think PDN gets them from Seneca, divides them and charges
twice as
> much).
> 
> I posted a picture of the red, white, and blue seedpod from obovata
last
> year.  I tried germinating the seed in a baggie os smoist sphagnum,
in and
> out of refrigeration, but no luck.  They're back in the fridge
again.  I was
> thinking of pitching them, but if you're willing to give them 3
yrs, maybe
> I'll let them sit awhile longer.
> 
> BTW - I don't really mind 'fleeting' flowers when they are this
gorgeous.  I
> don't have a display garden and it doesn't have much of a design. 
I just
> have what I like (and can afford) and the fact that each has its
special
> moment for me to glory in, is enough for me.
> 
> Kitty
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 11:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Paeonia japonica
> 
> 
> > Isn't it a lovely child?  I got one a few years ago, too.  1st
year,
> > 1 stem; 1 flower - now it is putting up several stems and flowers
and
> > yours will prob. do this as well as time passes.  Flowers are
very
> > fleeting, but followed by marvelous seed pods.  One of my fav.
things
> > about this plant is the color of the new stems as they come up.
> > Foliage also stays nice - they will go dormant if they get too
dry.
> >
> > I also like that it wants woodland conditions as most 'regular'
> > peonies need a lot more sun than I have to offer; have only 5 of
> > those and no where else for any more:-(
> >
> > I planted the seeds mine formed around the mother plant, but so
far
> > have not seen anything that I could ID as a possible child -
think it
> > takes a couple years or something (I hope)....I have yet to have
any
> > success germinating peonies.    Discovered germination in two of
the
> > many seedpots of other things I've had sitting doing nothing for
3
> > years, so sometimes it just takes time.
> >
> > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > mtalt@hort.net
> > Editor:  Gardening in Shade
> > Shadyside Garden Designs
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> > > From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > >
> > > I got this plant a few years ago.  The first year it just
wilted
> > down and
> > > disappeared.  The second year it had a bud, but it never
opened.
> > This year
> > > it has 3 buds, two opened today.  This is a woodland peony, and
I
> > just love
> > > it.
> > >
> > >
> >
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kmrsy/detail?.dir=c1ea&.dnm=f928.jpg&.sr

> > c=ph
> >
> >
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