weather & blooms/ peony
- Subject: weather & blooms/ peony
- From: G*
- Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 08:15:44 -0400
Hello Marilyn,
One of the great things about avoiding the full double peony blooms is seed
production. I end up collecting around a 5 pound size lunch bag of seed each year,
and end up missing a bit each year. I have seedlings scattered all through the
western edge of the garden with 40 of them out there to collect from.. Every
second year or so, I did and pot them up in the fall to grow on for gifts, trades
and bonus plants.
Mine are planted in some shade of red, pink, white,alternating l the way down
the hillside in a sweeping arch.
I do have the fully doubles that were here when I purchased the property. I
dug them from all over the place, divided and re-plantalong the driveway to
welcome me home each day... along with daffodils.
Some peony have more fragrance than others, fragrance of each is very
different from the last.... I am not all that crazy about peony fragrance for
peony are the flowers that end up at a man's funeral... along with glads.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Marilyn Dube <mygarden@easystreet.com>
Subject: RE: Tilling when wet/ weather & blooms
> Hi Gene,
> Speaking of Peonies, I have 3 new ones that are blooming now for the first
> time. I chose them out of a field all in bloom last year at this time.
> They are very large flowered singles with a big center of long gold stamens.
> I am very impressed by the sturdiness of the stems. These will not go down
> in the wind or rain. The colors are screaming magenta ( I love that
> color!), shell pink and pure white. Quite a sight.
> All my others are very old doubles (names unknown) which have beautiful,
> very heavy flowers on stems that are too weak. I am very happy to see that
> hybridizers worked for the stronger stems. My only complaint of my new ones
> is that they don't smell much at all and my old ones are very fragrant.
> They always remind me of freshly laundered sheets that have dried outside in
> the sun. A wonderful clean smell.
> I'm thinking I need to find space for at least 3 more :). So many colors,
> so little space.....
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Portland, Oregon
>
> P.S. What is the anemone form? A semi-double?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
> Behalf Of GeneBush
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 6:18 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Tilling when wet/ weather & blooms
>
> In spite of, or because of, all the peony have been beautiful this year. All
> bloomed at once rather than early, mid-season and late, but they were
> lovely.
> Singles, japanese and anemone form of bloom... about 40 of them forming the
> western outside of the garden. Species lilium are beginning to come into
> bloom.
>
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