tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218647513521394317.post4412224678078278415..comments2024-03-21T12:40:57.204-04:00Comments on Southern Peony: 2015 Rock Garden Peonies Do Not Grow HereAdrianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00562979165630642210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218647513521394317.post-3498737222107068572018-03-13T18:12:17.750-04:002018-03-13T18:12:17.750-04:00Bob,
I feel quite sure you are correct in your hy...Bob,<br /><br />I feel quite sure you are correct in your hypothesis. I think all of the rock garden peonies I've purchased have now died out. I'd be curious to see how the new, short herbaceous varieties do here, but I'm not going to spend the high dollars needed to do that experiment. If someone wanted to send me some, I'd be more than glad to test them out. However I have an idea that those cute looking, short peonies that grow well in the North are really just herbaceous peonies with a genetic variation/defect that causes them to be shorter/not as vigorous and will likely not grow well here either...<br /><br />AdrianaAdrianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00562979165630642210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218647513521394317.post-86408154636190728052018-03-13T14:00:53.304-04:002018-03-13T14:00:53.304-04:00My sense is that most of the "Rock Garden&quo...My sense is that most of the "Rock Garden" types involve species that need cold winter temperatures. Slowly but surely, some quite short conventional herbaceous types are beginning to show up for hybridizers though ("The Little Corporal", for one ) and while they may not have the distinctive foliage that some of the rock garden types have, they may fulfill a role in the more foreground areas of the border. Bob Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785320380712279680noreply@blogger.com