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Re: New Tree Paeony Care

At 1:26PM -0500 6/27/98, "Jean Carpenter" <backhoe@scan.missouri.org> wrote:

>Peggy:
>    Tree Peonies are actually shrubs with woody branching stems that grow
>from thick roots. The leaves and flowers are produced each season on new
>growth.  They like humus-rich, moist, soil in sun to part shade. Actually in
>zone 5 & 6 personally I would put them in part shade. Our summer sun is so
>very hot. They basically like the same things that the regular peonies like.

Thanks for the information. It sounds like I'm going to be pretty busy
finding some more trees and tall shrubs so they can have some shade in
their permanent homes.

>I would plant them at least 3 feet apart to allow for spread. If I might ask
>a personal question, where in the world did you get 20? None of my business,
>I know, just curious. I would love to have some myself. I don't but my
>sister does. She loves hers. They are also in part shade.

One of hubby's friends owns a company that distributes bulbs, carpet
roses and some bare root perennials. They don't do any retail business.
The tree peonies I got are some of their season's leftovers that hubby
traded for.

As these are bare root and not named cultivars it is possible that they
are reasonably priced. If anyone is interested, email me and I will
call my husband's friend to see if there is a mail order source or
retail store near where you live.

Thanks for the help. Every time I look at those twenty pots I feel
totally intimidated. :)

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Peggy Enes (peggy@unicom.net)   Zone 5/6


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