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Peony seeds? Worth the effort?
I've been given some peony seeds and having had a quick read about
them it looks like a lot of faffing about... Should I just throw them in a corner of the garden? -- http://www.bra-and-pants.com http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk |
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Peony seeds? Worth the effort?
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:45:55 +0000, Owdboggy
wrote: mogga;901146 Wrote: I've been given some peony seeds and having had a quick read about them it looks like a lot of faffing about... Should I just throw them in a corner of the garden? -- 'Bra-and-Pants' (http://www.bra-and-pants.com) 'Holidays under £100' (http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk) You might lose them to mice, but yes they could grow there. Not sure what advice you have been given, all I have done in the past is to sow them now in ordinary compost and leave them somewhere rodent free, but exposed to the weather. They germinated in spring, or sometimes the following spring, no messing about. OK I'll do that. I think I can manage that - the thing I'd read was about double dormancy and needing to use a fridge ... ;-/ -- http://www.bra-and-pants.com http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk |
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Peony seeds? Worth the effort?
"Janet" wrote in message ... In article , says... I've been given some peony seeds and having had a quick read about them it looks like a lot of faffing about... Should I just throw them in a corner of the garden? I found that tree peony, P lutea germinate as easily as beans.. every seed a winner. I just sowed them, fresh from the pod, in a pot, topped with grit, and left them outside all winter in a coldframe. They germinated the following spring and flowered 3 or 4 yrs later. I'm with you. We went to a plant nursery in the autumn about 4 years ago and the nice guy there gave us several seeds of tree peonies that were growing round about. I sowed them, overwintered them in my greenhouse and continued to care for them into the spring. I planted them out when they were about 2 years old. They flower every year, a lovely blood-red colour. And they survived last year's very cold winter. They can only get bigger and better. someone |
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