Re: Tree peonies

http://www.goldenport.com/peony/   will take you to "Chinese Tree Peony
From Golden Port International" homepage




At 06:50 PM 6/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>
>Dear Karen Steward: You've gotten very comprehensive information from Gene
Bush, Marge
>Talt, and others about tree peonies, but there's one thing that says it
all that no
>one has mentioned yet:
>
>Tree peonies have been called "King of the Flowers"!
>
>Your question suggests that you might never have seen one in bloom.  Alas,
their
>season is over in the mid-Atlantic states on this side of the Atlantic,
but in more
>northern climes you might still catch them in bloom.  Do so, if you can;
you won't
>regret it, and you'll be a convert forever.
>
>They're called tree peonies not because they ever attain the size of even
small trees,
>but because their stems, unlike those of herbaceous peonies, are woody, as
has been
>said, and are as permanent as those of many trees.
>
>All the best,
>
>Harry
>
>
>
>> > From: KAREN_STEWART@HP-UnitedKingdom-om9.om.hp.com
>> > Subject: Tree Peony
>> > Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 5:52 AM
>> >
>> >      What is a tree peony?  Is this different from the herbaceous peonies
>> I
>> >      have such as peony lactiflora alba or 'Sarah Bernhart'?  Do they
>> grow
>> >      to the size of trees? (& do they survive torrential downpours better
>>
>> >      than mine.....)
>> >
>> >      Thanks
>> >      Karen in Cheshire
>> >
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
>message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
>


Bob Marshall
Bellingham, WA
Phone & Fax 360-647-1752

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index