Re: paeonia in med. climate
- Subject: Re: paeonia in med. climate
- From: R* G*
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:13:52 -0800
Ouch! Very pretty, but I won't part with more than $50 for a tree, much less
$70 for a shrub, especially one which will require frequent watering, unless
it's "shallow roots" are greedy and far ranging enough to steal from my
neighbor's lawn (a tactic which I have not always been above using)
In my seemingly eternal search for possible rare cultivars or species of
desirable temperate items that will grow and maybe even thrive in warmer
climates (USDA Zones 8b-10), I sometimes come upon information that sounds
promising that I haven't had the time or money to try outfor myself yet. In
the case of peonies, it doesn't appear that anyone has mentioned the
following site <http://www.goldenport.com/peony/tpsouth.htm>. They claim to
have several cultivars of peony varieties from southern China that will grow
in warm weather climates. (They seem fairly expensive IMO, but are apparently
imported directly from China each year.) I'd like to try a few out in the
future to see if they really do grow in warm climates. Here's their blurb
about them:
Tree Peonies For The South
>
> According to a 19th century Chinese tree peony record, 103 varieties
> of southern tree peonies were listed. Unfortunately, due to natural
> and man made disasters many were lost. Now, only about 30 are in
> existence. They are considered real treasures. These tree peonies
> have been growing in the southern regions of China for more than a
> thousand years where the summer is hot and humid and winter very
> mild. They grow very fast . Their limbs and leaves are thick and
> robust. Their root are short and do not go very deep into the soil
> which make them more conducive for pot planting.
>
> --
> --Lee Poulsen
> Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10
> wlp@radar-sci.jpl.nasa.gov
