Bill Seidl, a well-known American hybridizer of advanced herbaceous and tree hybrid peonies, passed away October 8th, 2016.  I've only had a few short e-mail conversations with him several years ago, so I won't claim to have known him...

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Something bizarre happened this year. As I was wandering through my fields of blooming peonies, I passed at a row of some 20 Rozella plants. In between the row of dark pink flowers were three pale pink ones, obviously...

Ballerina is a peony bred by A.P. Saunders in 1941 from the cross Wittmanniana x Lactiflora 'Lady Alexandra Duff'. This one is in fact a difficult cross as Saunders himself would put it: "This (wittmanniana, kh) is a plant which...

Canary Brilliants is one the finest Itoh-hybrids. This one has been bred by Roger Anderson and was registered in 1999. There are four Itoh-hybrids that I would candidly recommend: First Arrival, Garden Treasure, Pastel Splendour and Canary Brilliants. They...

This double white lactiflora peony from an open pollinated seed from Carl G. Klehm is arguably my favorite double white lactiflora that can be used as a cutflower. I got a few seeds from Carl G. Klehm that grew...

Peony Addicts, Red Windflower (RW) is registered --- APS 1986-96 Checklist, pp 22,23. Sdlg 76LSW-3. Laddie x Sparkling Windflower, the cross made in 1976. I thought of the name first, then tried to make a cross that would produce something...

A very distinct peony with very beautiful foliage and nodding flowers. Very floriferous and fast growing. In the Peony Addicts forum Roberto Gamoletti Message 1 of 2 , Apr 28, 2010 Dear all The subject of Windflowers has been discussed in the past but...