I have put reminders in my cell phone for Dec 31 and Jan 1 to check out Solaris at 1 min past midnight. Now how nutso is that..

I'll be right there with you Mary!

Count me in! We can have a chat in this forum about their offerings.

Liz, Pastelegance is definitely on my list for next year. Will have to see what other new peonies will be offered at Solaris in 2017.

Hey Karen...chat?? Only AFTER choices have been made and paid for. Every man/women for themselves. THEN we chat.

Mary really wants to get her choices before anyone gets in there!

Ah shucks. I promise to share. I can only afford one or at the most two so would really like them to be ones I really really really (is that enough 'realys'') want.

Course by the time I get through drooling and looking at all the offerings the one/ones I want might be gone. So guess it would be best to preview on Dec 31, choose, then dive in and buy.

Gosh, I hope I don't sound as acquisitive as I sound. lol Yup. The two 'sounds' aren't typos

love your sense of humour, Mary! Don't worry about competition from me. I have set my budget quite low so I won't be much of a threat to you. Though if there is something that catches my eye, I may go all in that one plant.

Well, sounds like we will all meet up at the OK corral on Jan 1, 2017..

I'm right there with you guys! So we meet up here to chat at around 2330EST? Then everything goes incredibly quiet here at exactly 2359......THEN we're BACK, crowing about the beauties we scored 10 minutes later!!!!!YEAH!!!

More of Nate's creations:





I ordered Copper King this year, can't wait to see it bloom!

stellablue said:More of Nate's creations:





I ordered Copper King this year, can't wait to see it bloom!

Those are gorgeous! I can see why you have to order Kopper King! It has amazing color.

You got it, Liz. Now we will see the true peony addicts!!

Love that big yellow one Craig. Name?

It has no name yet Mary, the tag indicates seeding NB-H79. It is a beauty, I'd grab it when it becomes available

Absolutely. although I have seen several like Smith's Yellow that is similar. would have to see them 'side by each' to see the differences

I also wouldn't say that any peony we thought was great in the field will for sure be selected. Nate is picky and several pretty faces he mentioned were not moving forward, many of them yellows.

More photos from the APS convention:

But is Kopper King better than "Souvenir du Maxime Cornu" ? Their colors looks similar to me.

kousa said:

Those are gorgeous! I can see why you have to order Kopper King! It has amazing color.

littlebin said:But is Kopper King better than "Souvenir du Maxime Cornu" ? Their colors looks similar to me.

Yes. Having seen both in person I prefer Kopper King , hands down.

Could you tell me why?

magnolialover said:

Yes. Having seen both in person I prefer Kopper King , hands down.

Proven stronger grower in the north. Nicer color, more definitive. The flower form itself is looser on Kopper King. The plant structure is good too. Also more floriferous.
Really a beautiful specimen.