Saturday, March 23, 2013

2013 Ali Express Chinese Tree Peony Seeds

I got the Tree Peony Seeds from China a couple weeks ago that I ordered from Ali Express, but I finally got them all translated and labels made for them today. It certainly helps to have a Chinese husband who can read the characters and translate them for me, since they didn't come with any English names. I ended up getting 7 seeds of each of 15 different varieties. Here are the names in English of the Chinese tree peonies that I received: Black Bouquet, Black Sea Scattered Gold, Blue Field Jade, Champion Dark Jade, Colorful Bell, Dark Black Purple, Entangled Golden Jade, Green Fragrant Ball, Fledgling, Golden Attic, Red Clouds in Hundred Garden, Red Guardian, Smoky Dragon's Purple Jewelry Plate, Splendid Dark Gold, and Wei Purple. Now I just need to soak them and get them planted! I'm guessing that most of these will not germinate this year since it is already spring here now. So I guess I'll be waiting until next spring to see if any of them sprout. My husband said that Wei Purple is supposed to be named for a famous family in China, and he said he couldn't wait to see what that one looked like. I can't wait either since purple is my favorite color! :)

Chinese Tree Peony Seeds from Ali Express

3 comments:

  1. Hi, any updates on your peonies seeds? how was the germination?

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    1. Hello,

      Actually none of these seeds germinated. It seems that perhaps they were treated or old seeds. They looked fine on the outside, but a 0% germination rate speaks of a problem with the seeds. Too bad. :-(

      Adriana

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    2. Hello,

      Actually none of these seeds germinated. It seems that perhaps they were treated or old seeds. They looked fine on the outside, but a 0% germination rate speaks of a problem with the seeds. Too bad. :-(

      Adriana

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