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» Uschold - varieties of peonies Mary,thank you for this article I've so enjoyed reading. I live in Germany (zone 5) and here I've only encountered three varieties of peonies: dark red, white and pink. My grandmother planted the dark red peony in our garden, it is a really big plant now and is quite a sight when in bloom. Do you know of a book that covers this subject? I'm particularly interested in the fragrant kind - what is the botanical name of it? Thanks, Elvira -- posted by Uschold » Mary_Henry - fragrant peonies Elvira,More peonies are fragrant than not, including the species. The most grown are the Chinese peonies, Paeonia lactiflora hybrids. I found a few in the American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants and am listing the ones that I think might be available in Europe: Auguste Dessert, Baroness Schroeder, Duchesse de Nemours (often sold as Mrs. Gwyn Lewis), Felix Crousse (often sold as Victor Hugo), Festiva Maxima, President Poincare, Sarah Bernhardt and Souvenir de Maxime Cornu. On the subject of peony books, try the ones published by Timber Press in the USA. They have three different ones by Allan Rogers, Alice Harding and Martin Page respectively. They should be available from Amazon.com or maybe had from www.timberpress.com. Hope this information will help. -- posted by Mary_Henry » Mary_Henry - fragrant peonies Elvira,More peonies are fragrant than not, including the species. The most grown are the Chinese peonies, Paeonia lactiflora hybrids. I found a few in the American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants and am listing the ones that I think might be available in Europe: Auguste Dessert, Baroness Schroeder, Duchesse de Nemours (often sold as Mrs. Gwyn Lewis), Felix Crousse (often sold as Victor Hugo), Festiva Maxima, President Poincare, Sarah Bernhardt and Souvenir de Maxime Cornu. On the subject of peony books, try the ones published by Timber Press in the USA. They have three different ones by Allan Rogers, Alice Harding and Martin Page respectively. They should be available from Amazon.com or maybe had from www.timberpress.com. Hope this information will help. -- posted by Mary_Henry » CarolWallace - Peony books I have the one by Allan Rogers and can recommend it. Quite good and very well illustrated.-- posted by CarolWallace » Mary_Henry - double post Sorry for the double post! My connection has been giving me trouble and I thought that I had lost the first transmission, so I wrote the second one. Next week I am supposed to be getting a DSL line. I can't wait!!-- posted by Mary_Henry » Oh_Deer - Do Deer Eat Peonies? I read the peony article with great interest!I recently moved to Stockholm (I'm Canadian), and I am not much of a gardener. I have always contented myself with tulips and lilacs as they are perennials and they multiply. I am now faced with a new challenge. There are a LOT of deer where I live and they eat everything, except, I am told, yellow Easter lilies. Does anyone have experience with peonies and deer? Are they as delicious as they are beautiful? Most grateful for your advise! -- posted by Oh_Deer » Mary_Henry - deer and peonies Unfortunately, in our area, deer treat peonies as one of their favorites. Peonies are right up there with hostas as plants most likely to be eaten. If there is other browse that they like in the area, you might be able to train them to leave the peonies alone with one of the repellents that taste especially bad. If there isn't much else to eat, there's little chance of stopping them. We have had good success with a repellent sold here called Tree Guard by Nortech. It sticks to the foliage especially well and last year was able to be labelled for use on hosta and other perennials. I don't know whether it is available in Canada. Anything like that needs to be renewed as new growth appears. Good luck! Dealing with deer can be so frustrating.-- posted by Mary_Henry » Mary_Henry - Ooops, I'd better learn to read! I just noticed that you moved from Canada to Sweden, not the other way around. Sorry. I'll bet Swedish deer love peonies too.-- posted by Mary_Henry
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