I have iris, passion vine, white snow ball bush, kiwi vine,throneless black berry, and some others to trade. I would like to have some of your white or pink peonies if you are interested in my plants. My daughter is to wed 6/16/12 and wants peonies.

Have you checked the peony forum? Like you said the intersectionals are still quite expensive and fairly uncommon. I wouldn't divide mine unless it was for something really special but I only have 1. Maybe someone on the peony forum has multiples that they'd be willing to part with.

Thanks! I actually took a short trip to Ferncliff Gardens today (http://www.ferncliffgardens.com), to view their huge peony display gardens. I saw their intersectionals growing in full sun, including Garden Treasure, which I agree is a beauty to behold in person and is selling for $200. I also talked to the owners, who confirmed that they do great in full sun. I was also considering getting a "coral" (Coral Charm in particular), but the gardeners on this forum were absolutely correct when they said the corals fade too quickly. They were not as impressive as I expected. Even the regular pinks looked better. And I saw the most gorgeous reds in my entire life, in "Red Charm" and "Orlando Roberts". Pictures on the Internet do not do these red peonies justice. "Henry Bockstoce" came in a close second for color, but the blooms are so huge that the stalks do flop on the ground. "Red Charm" was slightly smaller with a beautifully shaped center, and had stronger stalks - no flopping. "Orlando Roberts" was the deepest most striking red, like a black red you could see from a great distance away, but it had the smallest flowers of the three. Top 3 peonies I've decided on so far -- Red Charm, Bess Bockstoce, and Garden Treasure. Deborah Here is a link that might be useful: Orlando Roberts peony

First I have to say that the plants you received are probably growing on their own roots. Chinese tree peonies are generally not grafted. In some cases the Rock Type (Flare Peonies) will be grafted. I am not familiar with some of the cultivars that you listed but I think that Hua Hu Die(Colorful Butterfly) is a Flare Peony. Qing Long Wo Fen Chi (Green Dragon in Pink Pond) and Lan Bao Shi (Blue Jewel Sapphire)sounds interesting. If you get bloom this spring I do hope you will share photos with us. I can't agree that tree peonies are better than intersectionals. They are different and like comparing apples and oranges. One real advantage to intersectional peonies is the hardiness. I am fairly sure that the intersectionals will perform much better is very cold areas. Also, the leafage of one in particular, Bartzella has the best foliage of any peony that I have encountered. I am not trying to be a salesman for intersectionals but they do seem to be nice. They are much more agressive in their growth habit and I believe that they need to be divided more often than herbaceous. If they are happy in their growing conditions they need to be divided every 2 years not 3-4 like herbaceous. I have tried grafting of intersectional peonies. The only cultivar that I have tried this on is Garden Treasure and my success is only about 1/2 that of grafting tree peonies. If you grow tree peonies and herbaceous peonies you should try your hand at hybridizing with the goal of developing an intersectional peony. The goal is attainable for the average gardener. I have one seedling that I continue to watch. It is a cross between Sea Shell and Reath's A-197. Since the pod parent is herbaceous you can tell from the very beginning if you have an intersectional cross, the leaves look more typical of a tree peony than a herbaceous peony whereas if the seed is a result of self pollenation the leafage will be typical of herbaceous. I think another worthy goal would be to develop a true purple intersectional peony. I have tried to cross Miss America(a white herbaceous) with Shima Daijin (a true purple tree peony). It makes perfectly good sense that this would result in a nice purple. So far I have not gotten any seed to germinate from the cross that were intersectional. This particular cross may not be possible.