Re: Peonies
- To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Peonies
- From: "* <d*@kiva.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 08:22:38 -0500
forget the Peonies-- they must have a cold period of at least 90 days below
or at freezing.
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According to the peony book, authored by one of the Klehm nursery people...
*Peonies need 400 cold hours.....
<...One lady in New Orleans achieved this by dumping ice on her plants over
the required timespan, and I think Amy's smart to take advantage of the north
slope.>--different book and my own opinion--
*Shallow planting combined with heavy mulch in the summer and planted in a
semi-shaded position.
*Early flowering and single bloom (as opposed to the double) varieties fare
better...in the hot parts of Zone 8.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 <dorsett@kiva.net>
Midwest Gardener http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/430
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