Re: Peonies
- Subject: Re: Peonies
- From: K* H*
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:21:36 -0800 (PST)
This sounds like an excellent idea. I'll have to try some herbaceous peonies, too.
In Sunnyvale, (south edge of the S.F. Bay) I grow tree peonies which usually do
quite well without the ice packs, though.
Maybe this would be good for hyancinths, etc. too???
KH
> A friend in sea-level Fremont (southeast edge of San Francisco Bay)
> swears by dumping a sack of ice once or twice a winter on top of his
> herbaceous peony. I would have been extremely skeptical if I hadn't
> seen the gorgeous result. It hardly freezes there, but they were about
> 6 inches in diameter, and truly spendid.
>
> Judy Person
