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Thursday, October 1, 2015

2015 Southern Peony Reaches 100,000 Pageviews!

Wow! I can't believe it. Southern Peony reaches 100,00 pageviews! It seems like only yesterday I was posting about our first 20,000 pageviews in Southern Peony Milestones & Popular Topics. The Southern Peony site is successful because of all of you, and I am very grateful for each one of my readers - that's YOU! So to celebrate this milestone, Southern Peony is hosting a giveaway! The only thing you need to do to sign up for the giveaway is join us! If you enjoy reading about peonies, and would like to receive Southern Peony delivered right to your email address, please sign up "Subscribe via email" box on the left side of the page. All members of our email subscriber list as of October 31, 2015 are eligible for the giveaway. More details about the giveaway to come in the next post!

Southern Peony Celebrates 100,000 Pageviews

Friday, August 28, 2015

2015 Southern Peony New How To Section

I've added a new "How To" for peonies section to the Southern Peony web site. You can find this new section using this link, Southern Peony How To, and also by clicking on "How To" on the navigation bar at the top of any page. This page should be helpful for people with questions on how to do all kinds of gardening to dos for peonies. This page includes gardening activities like cutting back a peony, deadheading peonies, dividing peonies, fertilizing peonies, planting peony seeds, and planting the three different types of peony plants as well. There are more How Tos coming in the future so keep an eye on this page for updates. Also if you have an idea or suggestion for another How To that I haven't yet covered, please Contact Me. :-)

Southern Peony How To Page

Saturday, August 8, 2015

2015 New Popular Topics, Exhibiting and Tree Peonies

The current popular topics for last month has been updated. I *try* to update this section every month with the previous month's most popular topics. So if you're interested to see what other people are reading about, check it out. Also I have made the topics chart a little easier to read, and added two new topics - Exhibiting and Tree Peonies. This was the first year ever that I brought peonies to the 2015 American Peony Society Exhibition. I've also started growing a few Tree Peonies. Hopefully everyone will find this Popular Topics table helpful, and make it easier to find what you're looking for!

Saturday, May 2, 2015

2015 Peony Donation for Carolina Plant Swap

Yesterday I was so excited to be able to bring three blooming peonies to the Carolina Plant Swap. These three peonies are all unique peonies I grew from seed. They are all single blooming peonies that bloom early. Two of these peonies, a light pink one and a dark pink one, came from seed from Peony 'Pink Princess'. The other dark pink peony came from seed from Peony 'Lady Alexandra Duff'. I hope these peonies will increase in bloom and size each year and the recipients of the peonies will enjoy them for years to come. Peonies do not generally like to be moved in spring. So these need to be planted right away. These peonies may sulk a bit this year. Don't worry. Don't fertilize them or overwater them. They just need some time to get established and settled into their new homes. Next year they should come back bigger and even better! :-) Enjoy!

Peony Donation for Carolina Plant Swap

Monday, August 19, 2013

2013 Southern Peony Logo & Photos

Some work I've been doing for the American Peony Society has inspired me to spruce up my own web site a bit. Not only does Southern Peony have a spiffy new logo, but we also have new larger pictures with a Southern Peony watermark. With the additional security of a watermark, I'm able to bring bigger and more useful photos to you! You can check out the new, larger, watermarked photos on our Photos page. In case you haven't noticed, we update the photo on the Southern Peony main page every month with a new photo. These photos go into the Southern Peony photo archive on our Photos page to help you identify peonies, peruse the pictures to see what's available, and maybe plan your future peony purchases!!! ;-)

Southern Peony Logo


Southern Peony Photos

Friday, August 16, 2013

2013 Southern Peony Inventory

There hasn't been too much going on in the garden this summer. I have cut back a few instances of blight or dieback that I've noticed on some peony stems, but other than that, it has been a pretty good summer for peonies. We've had quite a bit of rain this year, so there have been very few instances of thirsty, droopy peony foliage. With such little stress and lots of opportunity for growth, I'm looking forward to seeing the growth in size of all the peonies next year. I've also been working quite a bit on some not-in-the-garden peony projects this summer. I recently updated my Inventory page to include hybridizer information about each variety. The new data contains the hybridizer and the year the peony variety was registered with the American Peony Society. I've also been working on a few projects for the American Peony Society itself, including another bulletin article for their September issue (look for a reprint soon), official APS peony photos, and a project to donate peonies to a local arboretum for public education and enjoyment - more details to come about all of these projects very soon!

Southern Peony Inventory

Sunday, June 30, 2013

2013 Southern Peony Milestones & Popular Topics

It wasn't all that long ago that I was writing about our first 1,000 visitors in one month back in January in my 2013 Southern Peony Milestones post. Well you all have done it again. Last month we had over 2,000 views in one month and this month the site has had over 20,000 views since Southern Peony's inception! Since then we've added a program to recognize the best peony performers in the southern climate, Southern Peony Best Performer. I am so happy about how far this site has come, and how it continues to grow and be a resource to the peony community everywhere. It looks like my efforts to reach out to readers all over the world by adding a translation tool to view 2013 Peony in Other Languages has certainly helped lots of people the world over find this site. I am still interested in getting questions from all of you in the US and all other countries. So if you have a Peony Question please Contact Me! Check out the current list of the Top 10 Most Popular Topics of All Time in the table below, and you can check out the Popular Topics page for an up to date list of our most popular peony topics!

Top 10 Most Popular Topics of All Time (as of 6/30/13)
12009 Fall Peony Foliage
22012 Peony 'Bartzella' Best Performer - Week 5
32012 Peony 'Angel Cheeks' Best Performer - Week 6
42012 Peony Blooms Mid Season - Week 4
52012 APS Peony Court of Honor Winners
62012 Peony Blooms Very Early to Early Mid - Weeks 1-3
72012 Peony Disease Bud Blast
82013 Intersectional Peony Catalog Price Comparisons
92013 Questions - Container Grown Peony Plants
102010 APS Grand Champion Peony - Flying Pink Saucer


Top 10 Countries by Pageviews
1United States11834
2Russia1388
3Canada1366
4China572
5United Kingdom476
6Poland387
7Germany245
8Latvia219
9Japan175
10Ukraine170

Saturday, May 18, 2013

2013 Southern Peony Best Performers

For the past couple of years now, I have been picking "Best Performers" for each week of my peony growing season. These are peonies that have just really impressed me with their blooms, their plant habit, and most importantly their ability to survive and thrive in my hot southern climate. So I've decided to collect all of this information into one place so that visitors can easily find my Southern Peony Best Performers. Also the great thing about picking a peony for each week of the growing season is that home gardeners can not only find great plants that will grow in their climate, but they can also find great plants that bloom during certain time periods so they can extend their blooming season. I will be dedicating a new Best Performers page to this endeavor that can be found on the main menu. If you are also a southern gardener and have a peony that is simply stunning in your garden, please contact me. I'm always interested in growing and evaluating new varieties that perform well.
Southern Peony Best Performer
Southern Peony Best Performer

Thursday, January 31, 2013

2013 Southern Peony Milestones

Wow! Southern Peony has passed two great milestones in one month! We had over one thousand views for the first time in one month this month, and we had over 10,000 views total since Southern Peony's inception. Thank you to all of our devoted readers out there. I've really enjoyed documenting my journey with peonies, and I hope all of you have too. I am so happy to share the love of this wonderful plant all over the world. If you're interested to see a breakdown of Southern Peony's world wide web site traffic, I've included a chart of the Top 10 Countries by Pageviews and the current list of the 10 Most Popular Topics of All Time. For the most up to date list of the 10 Most Popular Peony Topics This Month and the 10 Most Popular Peony Topics of All Time, check out our Popular Topics page. Drop me a line and let me know what's on your mind or let me know if you have any feedback or requests for our site. Also if you have any Peony Questions you've been really wanting to ask, send them in.

Top 10 Countries by Pageviews
1United States6232
2Russia1031
3Canada656
4Poland375
5United Kingdom276
6Latvia219
7Ukraine165
8Germany153
9Japan138
10Sweden94


Top 10 Most Popular Topics of All Time (as of 1/31/13)
12009 Fall Peony Foliage
22012 Peony 'Angel Cheeks' Best Performer - Week 6
32012 Peony Blooms Mid Season - Week 4
42012 Peony 'Bartzella' Best Performer - Week 5
52012 Peony Blooms Very Early to Early Mid - Weeks 1-3
62010 Peony Blooms - Weeks 1-3
72012 APS Peony Court of Honor Winners
92012 Peony Blooms Very Late - Week 7
82010 APS Grand Champion Peony - Flying Pink Saucer
102011 Intersectional Peony Blooms

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Southern Peony Welcome

Welcome to the Southern Peony blog. This should be a good place to learn more about peonies as I learn about peonies and how they perform in southern climates. I have always loved peonies ever since I was a small girl admiring them in my grandmother's garden. This is my journey growing, evaluating, dividing, and hybridizing my favorite flower.