I hope your finger recovers quickly, Diann! I had to look up Spiffy, haven't heard that name before. I agree with Tracey, you got some nice ones!
I have to ask as well, was your pink fernleaf hard to move? I'm a bit scared of digging and transplanting fernleafs because the roots can break apart so easily. I saved Jerry's instructions on digging/transplanting but am dreading the first that I have to move....I handled them like I would a baby when the roots first arrived and spent much more time gently planting them than with any of the other peonies I've ever planted, even the super expensive ones. I did end up breaking off a single root piece from my red double fernleaf even with the gentle treatment.
Adelmans offered the pink species fernleaf this year and I got 2 of them, it'll be interesting to compare pics this next spring if mine bloom. Karen got that one, too, don't remember anyone else saying they ordered it, but hopefully we'll have some blooms to compare with yours next spring to see if we have the same variety. There was no way I was passing up the deal Adelmans had, the cost was less than half the amount I'd seen with the other companies that offered it but I'm not sure I'll like it as much as the more common red fernleaf. The flowers on the fernies are so small; I tend to fall for the dramatically big blooms but I love the contrast of that beautiful red with the delicate fernleaf foliage. Do you like the pink fernleaf as well or better than your reds? Do you have other peonies that bloom as early as your fernies?
