Comments on: Woodland Peonies, a walk on the wild side http://leslieland.com/blog/woodland-peonies-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/ Cooking • Gardening • Home Style Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:24:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ilana http://leslieland.com/blog/woodland-peonies-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/#comment-18941 ilana Fri, 23 May 2008 03:50:11 +0000 http://leslieland.com/blog/?p=401#comment-18941 Hi Leslie - So I have this gorgeous tree peony that I picked up an IES plant sale when they still had them (the sales, and the peonies). It was a stunner this year, but a large branch broke off, both old wood and new. Do you know any way to propagate tree peonies from cuttings? Thanks - and I hope Trade Secrets this year was amazing and inspiring. Hi Leslie -

So I have this gorgeous tree peony that I picked up an IES plant sale when they still had them (the sales, and the peonies). It was a stunner this year, but a large branch broke off, both old wood and new. Do you know any way to propagate tree peonies from cuttings?

Thanks - and I hope Trade Secrets this year was amazing and inspiring.

]]> By: leslie http://leslieland.com/blog/woodland-peonies-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/#comment-18920 leslie Sat, 17 May 2008 01:17:30 +0000 http://leslieland.com/blog/?p=401#comment-18920 Hi Robin I should think not - two are 2 better than none but multiplying by 10 (or 100) sounds about right to me. Hope you do get a chance to prepare a peony bed... why not try ordering now for fall delivery, to be sure of getting the beauties so often in short supply? Knowing they're on their way is bound to be a powerful incentive to get out there and get digging. Hi Robin

I should think not - two are 2 better than none but multiplying by 10 (or 100) sounds about right to me.

Hope you do get a chance to prepare a peony bed… why not try ordering now for fall delivery, to be sure of getting the beauties so often in short supply? Knowing they’re on their way is bound to be a powerful incentive to get out there and get digging.

]]> By: Robin http://leslieland.com/blog/woodland-peonies-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/#comment-18919 Robin Fri, 16 May 2008 20:43:37 +0000 http://leslieland.com/blog/?p=401#comment-18919 Oh gees, two plants are *not* filling the craving. Oh gees, two plants are *not* filling the craving.

]]> By: Robin http://leslieland.com/blog/woodland-peonies-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/#comment-18918 Robin Fri, 16 May 2008 20:41:32 +0000 http://leslieland.com/blog/?p=401#comment-18918 Once the garden is planted (before the successions start!) and the seedling house is empty and the barn has new siding and.... ok, well, soon... I need to turn over a long strip of the lawn for peonies. Two plants are filling my craving. They are beautiful, aren't they. Once the garden is planted (before the successions start!) and the seedling house is empty and the barn has new siding and…. ok, well, soon… I need to turn over a long strip of the lawn for peonies. Two plants are filling my craving. They are beautiful, aren’t they.

]]> By: leslie http://leslieland.com/blog/woodland-peonies-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/#comment-18917 leslie Fri, 16 May 2008 19:50:52 +0000 http://leslieland.com/blog/?p=401#comment-18917 Hi Margaret It would sure be a poorer world if plant sex didn't produce all these interesting bastards. It was that notable red suffusion that made me think the plants might be different, but now that I think about it more the difference between your leaves and mine is certainly smaller than the difference between magenta and primrose! Hope to see you tomorrow in what I hope isn't still the pouring rain. Hi Margaret

It would sure be a poorer world if plant sex didn’t produce all these interesting bastards. It was that notable red suffusion that made me think the plants might be different, but now that I think about it more the difference between your leaves and mine is certainly smaller than the difference between magenta and primrose!

Hope to see you tomorrow in what I hope isn’t still the pouring rain.

]]> By: Margaret Roach http://leslieland.com/blog/woodland-peonies-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/#comment-18916 Margaret Roach Fri, 16 May 2008 19:35:56 +0000 http://leslieland.com/blog/?p=401#comment-18916 I am blaming this all on sex: peony sex. I think these plants all just have sex all the time when we're not out there watching, and this is what results. Now being the freak I am I just went out in the pouring rain after seeing your post and cut off a branch of my similar-but-different plant and brought it in to the computer (not wanting to bring the computer out in the rain, you see). The verdict: Except that mine is suffused w/more red, it's very similar. If we introduced them and they fell in love, who knows what we'd get next generation? P.S., I will be working the booth of Loomis Creek Nursery tomorrow at Trade Secrets so do say hello if you are there! I am blaming this all on sex: peony sex. I think these plants all just have sex all the time when we’re not out there watching, and this is what results.
Now being the freak I am I just went out in the pouring rain after seeing your post and cut off a branch of my similar-but-different plant and brought it in to the computer (not wanting to bring the computer out in the rain, you see). The verdict: Except that mine is suffused w/more red, it’s very similar.
If we introduced them and they fell in love, who knows what we’d get next generation?
P.S., I will be working the booth of Loomis Creek Nursery tomorrow at Trade Secrets so do say hello if you are there!

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