Re: peonies
- To: r*@california.com
- Subject: Re: peonies
- From: d* f*
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:50:49 -0800 (PST)
--- barbara sargent <rsgt@california.com> wrote:
> What are the chances of growing peonia in our medit
> climate? I love the
> flowers and I know that there are many varieties.
> Has anyone successfully
> grown them in the Bay Area?
>
> Barbara - in Berkeley
Barbara,
I don't have any personal experience with them, but
Sunset has a nice article on peonies from the October
1993 magazine, and which I have in the 1994 edition of
their Western Garden Annual.
They suggest the following, as recommended by Marde
Ross of Marde Ross & Company, Palo Alto, Ca. (650 328
5109):
All early blooming double flowered and any single
flowered and Japanese types,(the early, mid and late
season ones all do fine). Mid to late season double
flowered varieties are poor performers in mild winter
areas. Her successes: Charlie's White, Coral Charm,
Doreen, Fairy's Petticoat, Krinkled White, Mons. Jules
Elie, Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt, Richard Carvel, and
Toro-No-Maki.
Regards,
David Feix
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