PEONY INFORMATION
Explore a variety of articles about peonies, covering their history, cultivation, classification, breeding and other topics of interest to peony enthusiasts. These articles offer information and insights for anyone wishing to learn more about these remarkable plants.
Ferncliff Gardens by Margaret SequeiraTaken from Heritage Places/Mission Community Archives Mr Milton Jack bought property from Wm McEwen and Tom Catherwood, and launched Ferncliff Gardens at Hatzic in 1920. There, he hybridized and developed new forms of...
Rowancroft Garden History Taken from Mills to Milleneum (Meadowvale Book Pt III) and Peony Roots by Michael Denny The Peony - C to C Vol2 Issue 1 Feb 1999 Rowancroft Gardens had its beginning in 1914 created by Miss Mary E. Blacklock. She had purchased 5 acres...
Milton Jack by David Jack "Peony flowers appeal to the heart as well as to our senses of visual beauty and fragrance. They are indeed the flower of remembrance and have been for hundreds of years" (Allan Rogers, Peonies) When I received this request to do...
Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens Taken from the OVBG websiteThe Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens is made up of several linked specialty gardens. The Peony Garden is the first OVBG Specialty Garden to be completed. Located at 155 Arena Street, it is conveniently...
P. veitchii by Patricia Gallant Visitors can't help but stop in front of the small mound of dissected foliage covered with large flowers like pink anemones. "What is it?" A peony. "Are you sure?" Positive, Paeonia veitchii, that's it. But I sense a certain...
Fern A. Rahnel 1914 - Nov 28, 2009 Fern Alma Rahmel was born in Peterborough in 1914. She was admired and respected as a teacher, theatrical director, journalist, historian, horticulturalist and writer. She was a patron of the arts, contributing generously...
Peonies with wow factor - the eight best varieties The best peonies to grow for delicious scent, long flowering and fabulous display in the UK Sarah Raven for The Telegraph06 Jul 2009 Peonies in a border including Peony Bowl of Beauty. Photo: Jonathan Buckley...
Hybridizing Peonies The First Step New cultivars of garden peonies are grown from seeds. At the turn of the twentieth century the procedure was to collect all the seeds you could find in your field, perhaps with preference given to seeds produced on...
Mary Pratte by Janet Uren Twenty years ago an aspiring student gardener named Mary Pratte helped her horticulture professor lay out and maintain a magnificent sweep of garden for a house in Rockcliffe Park.Twelve years ago she and her husband bought that...
George Vorauer We note with great sadness the passing of a very special peony-lover. Peony Walkabout at the CEF (Image no longer available) Visitors braved frigid temps (8 degrees with a vicious wind) to attend the Peony Walkabout. George Vorauer - in hat - explains...
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