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When I moved, I left behind all my shrub paeonias behind, I suppose I will
spend a small fortune this Spring at the nurseries.
However, I notice in my seed cats, some herbaceous types, i.e.
p.mlokosewitschii, p.officinalis, p.cambessedesii and p.tenuifolia etc. It
does not say whether to expect flowers in the first season.


Not quite that easy I'm afraid. They'll take at least a year and
sometimes up to three years to germinate, depending on how fresh the
seed is. They will then take four or five further years to reach
flowering size.
I guess this explins why bthey're niot the cheapest plants to buy.

Janet G