Re: Peonies
- Subject: Re: Peonies
- From: W* B*
- Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 12:50:30 -0800 (PST)
I have a friend in Oakland, Calif. who dumps ice on her lilacs two to
three times a winter. She gets excellent results, too.
Elly Bade
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Karl Hoover wrote:
> 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
>
>
