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However you spell Peony you will still be captivated by this family of Northern Hemisphere perennials. Lush flowers and foliage are a major attraction but there is also the opportunity to study and become involved in more detail with a concise family of interesting and often endangered species.<\/p>\n

Peony Society<\/a> is the place to start an academic study of the subject but getting your hands in the soil with a couple of good plants is even better.<\/p>\n

Aims of the Peony Society<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. To promote peonies as garden flowers.
\n2. To publish a quarterly newsletter and annual journal.
\n3. To stimulate scientific research on peonies.
\n4. To encourage the conservation of wild peonies and old cultivars.
\n5. To organise visits to gardens and to see wild peonies in their natural habitat.<\/p>\n

There is a german data base of Paeonia, the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae<\/a> with a vast number of hybrids and photographs.<\/p>\n

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Peonies<\/a> and special fertilizer from Thompson & Morgan
\nClair Austin supplies Peonies and has some good tips<\/strong> on Tree Peonies<\/a> which are my current favourite plant.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of some Tree Peony varieties they have available.<\/p>\n

Floral Rivalry’ (‘Hana Kisoi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) Gorgeous scented, deeply cupped flowers of light cherry pink. Each petal is darker at the base and curls around a centre of loose stamens.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcHost of the Cherry Blossom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (Yae zakura) Attractive double to semi-double soft pink flowers. The petal edges pale with time.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcKing of White Lion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcHakuojisi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) Magnificent semi-double pure white flowers of great size that are produced with great freedom. The base of each petal is smeared with purple. An easy variety to grow.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcShimi cho jamata\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (Long Life) A very beautiful variety with satiny lavender semi-double flowers. Almost black flares at the base. The flower forms an elegant cup and are are borne upright on the shrub.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAlice Harding\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcKinko) A short variety with very large, lemon yellow flowers that hang downwards. These are heavily scented and the bush spreads outwards. Good for the front of a border. 60cm (2ft
\n‘Age of Gold’ A vigorous semi-double creamy yellow variety with red flares at the base of each petal. 90cm (3ft
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAnglet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Single yellow flowers, tinged around the edges with red, and around the stamens. Lots of flowers carried on a broad shrub. 90cm (3ft
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcArcadia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Single, clear yellow with small, almost ‘not there’ flares and deeply divided, ferny foliage. 90cm (3ft
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcArgosy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 The first lutea hybrid to be introduced. The single flowers are soft yellow , cupped and flushed with crimson at the base. 90cm (3ft).<\/p>\n

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For centuries Peonies have been great favourites of the Chinese and are one of their national flowers. Peonies are easy to care for once established.<\/p>\n

Peonies are shrubby herbaceous plants that will come back perennially (year after year). They can live 75 years and still produce a brilliant profusion of flowers. Herbaceous means the leaves and stems die back at the end of the season and new growth will start again in Spring.<\/p>\n

Growing Peonies<\/strong><\/h2>\n