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Dec 5th today, Canary Brilliants which rebloomed end of July after cutting down, is still standing green. The few plants in the front left row that hadn’t been cut back (the ‘comparison plants’), have no green foliage left. Mowing them all today as frost and snow is expected the following days. That clearly marks the end of the 2020 peony activities.
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American Peony Society auction now live. If you live in the USA, it might be tempting.
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A very interesting article on peony hybridizing, its’ past, present and future. Authors are nearly all from China, showing that, at least in the domain of exact sciences, they are top notch. It’s in an ‘open access’ journal, so freely available to read. Not exactly bed-time literature as one needs to have a clear head reading it, but well worth…Read More
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A Russian video featuring some favourite peonies. Fortunately the names are also displayed in English.
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I have no idea what it might be, shrubby peonies are not my specialty and it is very difficult to identify peony varieties as there are so many of them. I like the color, but what surprises me is the fact that you write it is known to flower 3 months earlier than now, August. Considering you’re on the opposite side of the world, August would be…Read More
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I have gone back and checked photos and It has consistently flowered Aug/Sep or Sep/Oct for the last 7 years. I shifted it 8 years ago to a more sheltered less frosty position so that may explain it. Magnificent flowers but they often suffer from rot at the stem of the flower despite spraying a fungicide regularly.
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And for those that regularly buy from well-known USA nurseries, Klehm’s peonies go to Hollingsworth peonies (which itself was taken over some years ago).
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The man behind Paeonia rockii
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A story about a large organic peony growing company: Swenson Gardens.
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Their reports have been posted and are interesting reading, especially if you grow a larger number of peonies.
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