Tree Peony: Anyone know which named variety is the most purple?
Sue Hughes Zone 6b in Pittsburgh
4 years ago
Looking for a purple shade of Tree Peony. This photo from https://www.finegardening.com/article/tiny-alpines-and-huge-peonies?cid=56967#comment-56967 shows a nice purplish looking one with blue green leaves on the bottom. But I don't know what it is called.
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Comments (24)I have several tree peonies, one of them for at least ten years. One year it bloomed with about 15 huge blooms and cars were stopping at my house to investigate this almost gaudy plant. It stopped being a prolific bloomer after that year, I am now investigating and exhausting all avenues on how to bring it in its former glory. Lots of suggestions but no sure advice even after I conferred with many members of the Can Peony Society. Some of them take a while to get established, others will bloom the very first year. The tree peonies we purchase here are all grafted and sometimes you will get a herbaceous peonie emerging from the same stem. The advice is to cut back the herbaceus part, however I do have one that blooms as tree peonie at first and then the herbaceus part that looks quite different. As long as I get decent blooms, I am quite happy to leave it in its present stage. I have some others that I planted three or four years ago and no bloom yet. I forget what colour they are supposed to be but when the first bloom arrives, it is a cause for celebration. Patience is a virtue in this instance....See Morevarieties which dry on the tree
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Comments (16)Maureen: Even though I answered this question in one of your previous postings, I will - again - put in my highest recommendation for A & D Nursery, whose link I have listed below. The quality of their rootstock was mentioned in my response to that posting. As you may not know, I am a Librarian with the Michigan Dept. of Corrections. Our facility has an active horticultural program for the inmates. Since none of the garden areas had any peonies gracing the soil, I purchased 4 peonies last year in the spring - 2 each of "Sarah Bernhardt" and 2 each of "Felix Crousse" - at the local Wal-Mart. Although they were considerably cheaper, the roots of those Peony roots were much less than one-fourth of the roots that I just purchased from A & D Nursery. Despite the good efforts of the inmate gardeners - only two or perhaps one of the Peony roots has survived and even now one of the surviving roots still looks on the puny side - as only one or two sets of small leaves are showing and they are not much more than four or five inches high. I suspect that it will survive our southern Michigan winter, but I also suspect that it will take either four or five years for this plant to come into mature bloom. So if you're prone to make use of less expensive Peony rootstock, I would be absolutely certain to deeply and well prepare the soil down to a minimum of 18 inches or deeper and, at least, the same distance in diameter and greatly improve the soil structure, if needed. If you find yourself working with a clayish soil, I would also recommend working with a good soil auger to make soil preparation far easier. With this tool, once you have substantially loosened the soil, all you have to do is to remove the loose dirt. Obviously, less back breaking work. I recently purchased the Pro Gardening Auger System from the folks at the web address below, which should make good deep soil preparation for a host of bulb, plant, and rootstock material far, far easier. IMHO this system is the best soil auger around for the money, durability, and versatility. http://www.neatitems.com/Dirt_Daug.htm Hope this information is more than useful. Bill Here is a link that might be useful: A & D Nursery...See MoreWhich variety of mango tree should I plant?
Comments (10)Valencia Pride if you can get one.... But the Manila mango is propagated by LaVerne nursery near you and is a consistent hardy producer. LaVerne knows what will work in your climate Check this out--->>>> http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/azgard/msg0208015314470.html "Thanks for your inquiry. The Mango you purchased from Lowes is a seedling, a manilla seedling, fruit weighing approximately 7-12 ounces. This seedling will produce outstanding fruit. When you do get flowers, limit the number of fruit after pollination to 2-5 and be prepared to prop-up or support the fruit as they are forming and getting larger. Water deeply when watering and fertilize with a fruit tree type fertilizer once a month in the growing season (our label says longer between fertilizing) and your tree will perform. Need anything else, please let us know, Richard Wilson �" CEO La Verne Nursery Inc." Here is a link that might be useful: Valencia Pride...See MoreSue Hughes Zone 6b in Pittsburgh
4 years agoSue Hughes Zone 6b in Pittsburgh
4 years ago
KarenPA_6b
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoSome lavender color tree peonies are Kamata Fuji, Kamata Nishiki, Angel Emily, Lavender Hill. Deeper purples are Fuschia Ruffles and Shima Dajin.
Here is pic of Kamata Fuji. i got this from Klehm's Song Sparrows.
First Arrival is an itoh that produces lavender pink blooms and Morning Lilac is an itoh that produces deeper purple blooms. You can google these and learn about them. Itohs produce quicker blooms and grow faster than tree peonies.
Sue Hughes Zone 6b in Pittsburgh
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoWell I ended up buying a root of Island Minister from "Cricket Hill Tree Peony", and planted it in late October 2019
. I didn't expect it to live but it grew beautifully. It has yet to bloom, I heard it can take years sometimes...but the foliage is nice. It is on far right side of photo next to the Sum and Substance Hosta. I will report back on the color in the future.
Sue Hughes Zone 6b in Pittsburgh
3 years ago
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