[pbs] Peonies

Antennaria at aol.com Antennaria at aol.com
Mon Jun 5 16:31:26 EDT 2006


Jim Waddick <jwaddick at kc.rr.com> wrote: 
"If you are actually sure you want to grow peonies for cut 
flowers, you probably mean the cultivars of P. lactiflora or 'Chinese 
peonies'."

Not a geophytic peony, so perhaps a little off-topic, but I snapped a couple 
shots of Paeonia lactiflora 'Buckeye Belle' yesterday, between rain showers.  
It's the most intense red ever, almost black-red in bud, a truly striking 
variety.

http://www.plantbuzz.com/buzz/2006/Paeonia_lacti_Buckeye_Belle.jpg
http://www.plantbuzz.com/buzz/2006/Paeonia_lacti_Buckeye_Belle_2.jpg

Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States 
antennaria at aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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