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Planting and Growing Peonies
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Herbaceous Peony flowers have been a familiar sight in home gardens for over 600 years, that much so that at one point because they were so commonly used gardeners began to turn away from growing peonies in favor of more unusual plants, after all no self respecting gardener wants to grow a carbon copy yard, [...]
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The 9 Basic Rules of Peony Care
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Rules of Peony Care
1)The first rule of peony care is that established Peony plants should be fed in early spring and perhaps again half way through their growing season.
2)The second rule of peony care is that established peonies should be treated with a moderate amount of a complete fertilizer, Apply fertilizer to the [...] -
Types of Peony Flowers
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
A Little Botany, Never Hurts Anyone.
When you receive a plant catalog or visit an online plant house or database are you some what confused with the different botanical terms sometimes used there such as genus species and hybrid I know I am but if you look at it as if it were a family [...]
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Chinese Peony Festiva Maxima
Monday, October 26th, 2009
Peony Flower Festiva Maxima ( Paeonia lactiflora)
Festiva Maxima is a sweet scented double blooming peony that has been grown in home gardens for over 150 years. It is a favorite of peony experts and gardening novices alike as it produces beautiful fragrant showy blossoms, faithfully each June with very little effort on the part of [...]