Anyone got a favourite peony, someone wants one and I have never grown
them so don't like to recommend any.

Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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Anyone got a favourite peony, someone wants one and I have never grown
them so don't like to recommend any.

Janet

Reckon you'll have to be a little more specific as to their requirements as
they vary from dwarf forms barely 50 cm high to tree peonies which can
easily exceed 3 metres.

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Jeff

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:40:31 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

Anyone got a favourite peony, someone wants one and I have never grown
them so don't like to recommend any.

Janet

Sarah bernhardt is a good one. A nice pink double.
Bowl of Beauty is a very unusual flower.

Pam in Bristol

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:40:31 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

Anyone got a favourite peony, someone wants one and I have never grown
them so don't like to recommend any.

Janet

Look at kelways.co.uk
They specialise


Pam in Bristol

In article , Jeff Layman
writes

Reckon you'll have to be a little more specific as to their
requirements as they vary from dwarf forms barely 50 cm high to tree
peonies which can easily exceed 3 metres.



Yes, see what you mean, just want a four to five foot shrub rather than
a twelve foot one!
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Janet Baraclough
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My personal favourite is Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii ; its a tree
peony with single yellow flowers; but the foliage is also beautiful ; so
out of flower it doubles as a large architectural shrub. Pretty
indestructible, grows several feet high and wide but can be hacked
back.

Janet


Sounds good Janet. I'll tell the person who wants one. She isn't much of
a gardener and is going for "pretty" and what she sees on display so she
wants me to plant a peony to fill a gap in her shrubs. I recommended a
Choisya or an Exorchorda or even Photinia if i kept it small but she
says she would like a peony.
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Jeff Layman
writes

Reckon you'll have to be a little more specific as to their requirements
as they vary from dwarf forms barely 50 cm high to tree peonies which can
easily exceed 3 metres.



Yes, see what you mean, just want a four to five foot shrub rather than a
twelve foot one!

I see that Janet B. has replied. If a shrub (rather than herbaceous
perennial) is wanted, then I would agree with Janet's suggestion. Some of
the Rockii hybrids are very attractive, too.

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Jeff