i am realy interested in your treepeony seed.i have a few tree peony seed from china but they aren't named.i also have seedlings of rochii hyb. i have named hostas some cornus kousa seedlings,i have a pale lavender treepeony,about 5 yrs old,helleborus plants,let me know if there is anything you are interested in i might have but din't list please ralfsmom

Just got this from a grower, Cricket Hill Garden: > > Planting Tree Peony Seed Pods > > In our garden, right after the bloom period, we are busy > cleaning, trimming and cutting off the spent flowers. We > "dead-head" both the tree and the herbaceous > peonies soon after the flowering period. The plant uses > energy to make the seeds, and it will sacrifice flowering to > some degree if you let it go to seed. When your tree peony > is older and there are many blooms, it is fine to let some > of the flowers go to seed. > > The pods are harvested as soon as they are ripe, usually in > late August or early September. Remove light brown to black > seeds from seed pods and plant about 2" deep. We like > to plant seeds in pots, sunk into the ground, so they are > well marked. Often the seeds will germinate the next spring, > but it may take two years. Both herbaceous and tree peonies > are unlikely to come true from seed. You are growing a new > hybrid, so expect that the plant may not be exactly like the > mother plant. Move your young seedlings in the early fall, > to a garden bed or individual pots. > > Be patient and tend them for about 4-5 years. Remember to > feed plants for best growth. Tree peonies form new buds > during the summer months. By fall, a bud is formed at the > junction of the leaf node, on the woody stem. This is why > you do not cut down a tree peony, it blooms on "old > wood". > > We recommend feeding with Neptunes Harvest (or other > fish-seaweed fertilizer) about every at least once a month > during the spring and summer. We also use Azomite mineral > powder to boost the plants' growth. Tree peonies respond > well to low nitrogen-high mineral amendments in a balanced > spectrum. > > And then one springtime your plant will reward you with a > flower!"

I would love to try this out. thanks for offering. emailing u as well.

A dear friend recently gave me some tree peony seed pods. I shelled them and put the seeds in a moist paper towel inside a resealable plastic bag on Feb 21 and placed it on top of a flourescient shop light I use for growing hosta seeds. Germination took place in about a week. I planted the rooted seeds in 72 hole inserts in 10-20 flats and when the roots started growing out of the bottom of the inserts I potted them up in 16 oz styro cups. I have potted 100-plus seedlings some of which are showing their 5th true leaf (the seeds are dicot's so the first two leaves are actually from the seed. Maybe beginers luck but so far easy as pie. Now, do I plant them when the conditions are right or move them to gallon pots for another year? IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/seedseller1/TreePeoniesMar2611.jpg[/IMG]