Re: "Bargain" tree peony
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- Subject: Re: "Bargain" tree peony
- From: B* C*
- Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 17:03:17 EDT
>From: Don Martinson <llmen@execpc.com>
>
>One of my prettiest tree peonies is one that I got for $6.95 at the
>local home improvement store 10 years ago. This spring it will have
>over 30 blooms but is only about 3 ft tall by 3 ft wide. You can
>use it any place you might place a small shrub. You can add extra
>interest during the rest of the year by planting one of the less
>rambunctious clematis at the base, letting it climb through the
>branches and blooming during the remainder of the summer.
>
>--
>Don Martinson
>Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>l*@execpc.com
I find that perennial sweet pea (L. latifolia) does an excellent job of
providing "extra interest" in my herbaceous peonies as well. I get at least
a few blooms on these all year from late spring to the time that frost kills
them back to the ground. They don't seem to be too heavy for the peony
stems, and they aren't as fragile as the clematis.
They might work well on a tree peony as well.
Bob Campbell
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