Jasmine rearranging my seedlings, but I first set them up for a photo shoot mostly four years olds only one had a bud , but the cold got to it. Seventeen smaller ones I have planted in the ground so far they are doing well looking forward to next spring .

Wow, Oscar What a treasure Looking forward to the next spring

What a healthy looking beautiful group of seedlings, Oscar. Very nice!

Thanks Tracey and Jasmin was out all day, had to get them settled before the rain comes. After removing all the straw and some block this is what I found ? Let me go back to last spring I had a tray of seeds that I had planted when I checked the tray there was nothing in the tray I figured the chipmunks must've got them, they did but they didn't eat them all them they hid some underneath the block,







This is where they will stay till the fall.

Amazing, Oscar Magical

The first picture, first row, center: That peony looks as if has lots of Rockii in its lineage; smaller elegantly cut leaves, early spring growth, relatively robust Do you have any Rockii in your garden? Good luck to you and all your seedlings

Just found a picture of what I was trying to explain the nursery bed which had over 200 Seeds the block is where the seeds were buried.

Oscar, on second thought that big seedling may also be close to Feng Dan Bai (Phoenix White) or wild Paeonia ostii

Carload on the Beach
2054 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4L 1J4

Jasmin said: Oscar, on second thought that big seedling may also be close to Feng Dan Bai (Phoenix White) or wild Paeonia ostii

Let's hope so. I have Two peonies with dark flares a clear photo of only one this one which I think is sweet magic (Jing hong fei he )the other is a purple I will check it in a few weeks..

Jasmin said: Carload on the Beach
2054 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4L 1J4

Thank you Jasmin.

Jasmin said: Carload on the Beach
2054 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4L 1J4

Haha l live on 4236 Queen Street in Beamsville ,

The flower store on my street got one tree peony; the white one. I am assuming that the same source. Only the flower store sells it for 50 CAN

Very interesting, Oscar! Thanks for sharing with us. Those chipmunks plant seeds in my flower pots from the bird feeders. It drives me nuts.

Hiyamakki said:
Btw, does anyone know if peony seeds are always fertile?

I actually grow a peony for the infertile seeds
Peony mascula makes both but the 'duds' are actually gorgeous (see red ones below)



The usually small infertile red or black seeds are just empty which is why I always squeeze gently all the seeds I sow



P. mascula is a short plant so situated at the front of a bed it makes quite a statement in the Fall when the pods open, and the seeds are so 'glued in' that they will stay there for weeks