PEONIES
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.
PEONIESBloom Date 2004 Taken from The Peony - C to C May 2005 Vol 8 Issue 2 by Michael Denny It was a very good year for the bloom date project and I want to thank all of those who participated. In 2004, we collected over 1900 observations on the bloom...
PEONIESA Gardener's Obsession Taken from The Peony C to C August 2005 Vol 8 Issue 3 by Blaine Marchand My parents didn't garden. My childhood home was filled with shrubs whose blooms were lovely but fleeting. Our side yard was cloistered by...
PEONIESPeony 101 -3 Types Taken from The Peony C to CAugust 2005 Volume 8 Issue 3By Mary Pratte Most peonies in our gardens are of the herbaceous form - the more common lactifloras and hybrids between two or more different species. The former...
PEONIESles Jardins de Métis, QC July 2-3, 2005 2005 Events of the Society Peony Display at les Jardins de Métis, QC Peonies welcomed visitors to the Villa Estevan. Patricia Gallant, head gardener at the Reford Gardens, joins Mme Lapointe after her interesting...
PEONIESSun Yat Sen Chinese Garden by Alice McCauley The mandate of the Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden is to maintain and enhance the bridge of understanding between Chinese and Western cultures; it is a "living museum" in which to exhibit and...
PEONIESBartzellaby Mano Capano, Pivoines Capano www.pivoinescapano.com Bartzella is a member of the all new select club of intersectional, or Itoh peonies, those famous peonies resulting from a cross between a herbaceous peony and a tree peony. ...
PEONIESPeonies in the BC Interior Taken from The Peony C to CMay 2005 Vol 8 Issue 2By E Mitravitz It is the first week of February here in my part of the country. The temperatures are 50F+, the robins have returned and the grass that turned brown...
PEONIES"Red Charm" - Floral Emblem by Rock Giguére A town choosing a peony as their floral emblem is not a common occurrence. However, that is exactly what the Ville de Saint-des-Desmaures, a suburb of Québec City, did! In 2004, under the direction...
PEONIESKrinkled White by L D'AoustTaken from The Peony C to C Feb 2005 Perhaps not the most dramatic of peonies, so why do I like this peony so much? Several reasons really but perhaps the most important is that it is a peony I can rely on to...
PEONIESRediscovering The Peonies at Métis - An Update by M PratteTaken from The Peony C to C February 2005 After an additional two summers looking at the peony collection at the Jardins de Métis, it is time to update the information as to which plants...