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Re: Picking Your Collective Brain/ Peony seed
I think the original peonies here were white and others red.. some pink..now there are bi colors.. white and red petals...
I put wood ashes on them several times a year and they grow and bloom hugely..
With the oil crunch up here in the cool part of CT we are all burning wood to keep the oil deliveries down...so lots of ashes...anybody have any cautions about using wood ashes instead of potash via green sand?
Jacqui Heriteau
----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Bush
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 6:18 AM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: Re: [GWL] Picking Your Collective Brain/ Peony seed
Peonies do, indeed, set viable seed.. if.
The fully doubles can not... all the sex parts go into making the
petals. Anemone, Japanese or single blooms have their biblical parts and
produce. In fact. there are some species peonies that are grown for the
colorful seeds pods and seeds. Believe P. obvatum is one of them.
Rodents love peony seeds. Since they are about the size and color of a
coffee bean I seriously doubt an ant moved one. Best guess would be a mouse
or vole.
I have peony up in the woodland garden on the side of the hill considerable
distance from my peonies that have sprung up on their own. I dig mine, pot
them up when they become blooming size and give them to plant sales as fund
raisers. They are usually a pale pastel pink in single bloom form.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacqueline Heriteau" <jacquiheriteau@msn.com>
> Peonies--they don't come true... but believe me, they do self sow...I
> wouldn't have believed it either which is why I mentioned it....right now
> there is a peony in its third season in a bed of pachysandra where there
> have never been peonies... the nearest peonies are at least 100 feet away
> with lawn between.
> ???
> Jacqui Heriteau.
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