Desperate for Peonies in Texas
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Comments (30)Well, this is an old thread, but I just found it today. Anyway, I see people try to cultivate cloudberries and say it is difficult, and the plant carries no berries. A little background about myself. I am born, grew up and lived in northern part of Norway. Since the cloudberries have a high content of vitamin c, it was special laws for this berries in northern part of Norway. It was heavily regulated and if you picked an unripe cloudberry you could at least be heavily fined by the police. I am not a scholar of any kind when it comes to berries, just loves to eat them. But, picking the berries was a major event in the place we lived. I have been told that the cloudberry plant does not carry berries before 7 years have past. And, the deal with the unripe cloudberry that is red is that when you pick it, you rip off the leaves that grips the berry, and the plant is then useless again, and then it takes 7 years before it comes a new berry there. Since the cloudberry had such an importance for people living so far north with far less veggies and fruit, the laws was strict. It was a matter of life or death for people. A bit like stealing a horse from someone in the wild west, you were pretty doomed then. When the cloudberry gets ripe, the leaves that holds the berry, releases the grip of the berry, and opens up giving free access for your fingers to just pick the berry. So, it is a smart plant, and for those who are greedy and can not wait, they ruin the plant so they will not get anything the next summer. So, the plant punish those people. :-)...See MorePeonies in Texas?
Comments (9)I can't say for sure since I only lived in Texas for 3 years and did not try to grow peonies during that time, but growing up in South Dakota, I was always told that peonies do not flower well/survive well "down South." On the other hand, I did live in the Texas panhandle for those 3 years, and I can tell you that those winters can get rather chilly! But there is a lot of night-time freezing and day-time thawing--day after day after day. Don't know how well that constant freeze-thaw cycle would work with peonies. The only other thing I know about growing peonies "down South" is that years ago I read in a nursery catalog (Wayside Nursery, perhaps) that Maximus Festiva (or is it Festiva Maximus--I always forget which way) is one of the few peonies that survives and blooms regularly in southern climates. I have 4 of them--they bloom earlier than most of my other peonies. That perhaps is why they do better in warmer climates. Don't know how much that will help you, but I have exhausted my knowledge of the topic now. LOL Kate...See MoreDesperate for some Peony plants in TX
Comments (2)Check with your extension office for the number of chilling hours where you live. If you get an average of 400 or more, you will probably be able to grow a peony that will bloom. It should be planted in the fall in the dormant state,certainly not in bloom. Al...See Moretree peonies in texas
Comments (2)I've never heard of Peonies doing well in TX. Too hot and too humid here is what I understand. You never know when they might find/create/hybrid a Peonie that will! PJ...See Morecalistoga_al ca 15 usda 9
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