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Flower ID?
On 2015-09-29 14:59:02 +0000, David E. Ross said:
On 9/29/2015 5:11 AM, Leon Fisk wrote: On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:51:23 -0700 "David E. Ross" wrote: snip I cannot grow peonies in my climate. The winters are too mild. The last time I saw peonies growing and blooming was seven years ago in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Thus, I could not remember how the leaves look. I was looking for a photo to show my neighbor yesterday and came across these: http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-1.jpeg http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-2.jpeg http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-3.jpeg http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-4.jpeg http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-5.jpeg http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/peony-6.jpeg Nothing special really but thought you might enjoy seeing them again We've had these peonies ever since I can remember, probably ~50 years... I was told by a local nursery that, to grow peonies, I had to buy a length of chicken wire or bird mesh about four feet wide and long enough to make a cylinder about four feet in diameter. In early November, I would have to slip this cylinder over the plant and keep it filled to the top with ice cubes until sometime in March. I can't grow Dutch tulips either, except as winter annuals. On the other hand, I have a rosemary bush growing at the foot of my driveway that is taller than I am and a dwarf lemon tree that produces more lemons than anyone can use. When I prune my roses at the end of December and the beginning of January, I often collect a bouquet of roses for my wife. And I have never shoveled snow. There are trade-offs for living in a mild-winter climate. David, may I ask which USDA zone you inhabit? |
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