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.
Métis Mystery Peony The mystery peony discovered at Reford Gardens in Grand - Métis, Quebec was named 'Elsie Reford', after the creator of one of Canada's foremost gardens. After much debate, it was decided that this hybrid was a naturally occurring cross...
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...
A Gardener's Obsession Taken from The Peony C to CAugust 2005 Vol 8 Issue 3by 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 long rows of the common...
Peony 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 usually...
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...
Sun 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 interpret...
PEONIESBartzella by Mano Capano, Pivoines Capano 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. Bartzella is part of the intersectional...
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...
'Red Charm' - Floral Emblem by Rock Giguére A town choosing a peony as its 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 of Robert...
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...
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