Please use your regional club as a source for information and plants.

I have heard that there is a new club starting in Wisconsin but have no details.

I need to renew my HPS memembership, I think it expired this year.

Have had too many people complain of the cost of shipping and wanting a refund after receiving the plants.

Mme Furtado
Philomele
Lilac Time
Jeanne d' Arc
Lavon
Gold Standard

Houdonii posted a couple that are available in europe but to my knowledge not here. If you know of a source please post. FYI Rose Heart and Rozella are mentioned in Adelman's catalog among others. So check your favorite supplier as different growers charge different prices for the same plant. But I will add to the list of wanted peonies.

www.4irises.com (in San Jose):
Chun Xiao (Spring Morning)
Xuan Li Duo Cai (Great Floridness)

All the peonies in my 2nd post are available from a Canadian Nursery...

La Pivoinerie D'Aoust Peony Nursery (http://www.paeonia.com/):
Mme Furtado
Philomele
Jeanne D'Arc
Lilac Time
Lavon (available at Adelman's as well)
Gold Standard (widely available)

Pivoine is the French word for peony. A location where you can find peonies may be called a pivoinerie. Lindsay D'Aoust is the owner of the nursery I listed. Before too long, I may have to call my backyard "La Pivoinerie D'Houdinii"

Has anyone ever grown Golden Wheel (Huang Jin Lun)? I've been lusting over this peony for years... I just wonder how well it would grown in my Iowa dirt.

Someday, I would also like the tree peony 'Jade Flower' as shown here (or even the suffruticosa 'Er Quiao' - Twin Beauty...further below on that webpage):

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/AU_Peony_Project.html#JadeFlower

Philomele
officinalis 'Rosea Plena'
Xuan Li Duo Cai (Great Floridness)
Chun Xiao (Spring Morning)

Those last 2 are my favorite, if the pictures are true to form.

Kamata-Nishiki
Alhambra

I assume that Xuan Li Duo Cai and Chun Xiao are Chinese herbaceous peonies. All of the Chinese herbaceous peonies I have grown seem to share the same fault. They all have very weak stems.

I don't have a lot of experience with them but I grow
Lian Tai
Purple Hibiscus
Da Fu Gui
2 or 3 others that I cant remember the names. They all sound greek to me. Hum, Chinese anyway.

Leon

I was reading this post to gather info on favorite peonies. I absolutely broke up when I read your reply! I know EXACTLY how you feel. The other day I felt totally frustrated trying to pick out two varieties from of the kazillion I found on just three websites. I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND! I WANT THEM ALLLLLL.

I shut down my browser in sheer frustration . . . Today I'm back at it again; staying calm. God help us . . .

I have Gold Standard that I bought from Countryman's Peony Farm in Northfield, VT. This is its second Spring season blooming and I adore it! (of course I adore all my peonies, but this one is a sweet perfection)

Here's some info on Countryman's:

Countryman Peony Farm, Northfield (802) 485-8421; FAX (802) 485-9421; countrymanpeonyfarm@netscape.com (818 Winch Hill Road, Northfield, VT 0563) Open daily, 10-dusk, June 1-July 10. Visitors always welcome. One of the world’s largest herbaceous peony collections, over 1000 varieties; species, hybrids, singles, Japanese, semi doubles and doubles; early, midseason and late bloomers. Choose varieties for cut flower, garden accent or landscape use. Many antique types as well as the latest varieties on display. Peonies sold anytime but will only be delivered in Sept. - Oct. (the proper planting time). Orders may be shipped or picked up at the farm. Phone or write for information or directions.

One thing to note is that although they have over 1000 varieties of peonies, they only sell about 60 different cultivars each year.

Enjoy!
Judye

True or is there another better one? Opinions?

By the way, is there a discount on peonies for HPS members at the sale?...and if so, what is it?

Most years a few items will be for sale at a really cheap rate prior to the dinner. These items depend on receiving donations. I picked up 4 intersectional seedlings, Fairfield X Golden Era, from Jackie Jansen at the last sale. Sometimes some of the sources used will send one or two extra plants not of the type requested. These are generally special plants and not the run of the mill ones. I will be digging my Saunders "Hope" this year depending on the size and shape of the roots they may go either to the auction, where I got them, the sale, or the pre-dinner sale. Of course if the roots look bad because I have not taken time to divide regularly I will just plant back. No need to put trash out there.

Just more reasons to come to the dinner.

In the post on June 16 I mentioned Jackie Jansen's Fairfield and Golden Era. She brought 4 plants today and may bring additional ones. These are of her own breeding and at least one showed strong tree peony stems. She is attempting to breed plants with tree peony stems and herbaceous flowers. My first one I purchased of Jackie"s plants bloomed for the first time this year with a large yellow bloom that appeared to have rays of red coming out from the center petals. So far it has had woody stems with buds but those stems have not produced flowers.

There is not an extra discount on peonies for members however the prices are really low. This year we have a host of named herbaceous peonies that are priced at only $10.00. And we expect most of the Japanese tree peonies to be priced at $20.00. These are really cheap when compared to other offerings. There may be a table of un-named peonies that are sold by color only. These should be in the $5.00 range.

The link below shows a partial list of plants that we expect to offer in the sale.

Leon

I do believe that they may turn out to be a more economical way for growers to produce and ship their tree peonies.

For those looking for rocki seedlings we have a group of nice ones provided by Heritage Seedlings. They sent seedlings but in looking at the plants it was discovered that there were some smaller seedlings where the roots had wound around each other. After they were separated it was decided to reduce the price and in some cases put two plants in a bag.

If anyone looks in from Heritage thank you for a very fine shipment of peonies. As usual lushious looking. The smell upon opening the box to pack was heavenly.