It’s been more than a year since I last reported on my seed-grown baby tree peonies that made their surprise appearance in May 2017 …. shame on me, and I am appropriately red-faced! My “helicopter Peony Mom” post was uploaded a month later, and followed up with a mini-drama during the ensuing winter (February 2018.)…
Apologies to The Who for fudging their title, but there were some anxious days recently for the baby tree peonies. As mentioned in my previous posts, the seedlings were potted up into growbags (thanks, Cricket Hill!) and moved, along with their “big sis” Kamata-fuji who accompanied me home from my roadtrip last summer, into the…
On the spur of the moment last Saturday I decided to take a roadtrip to Cricket Hill Garden in Thomaston, Connecticut (about a 2.5- to 3-hour drive each way.) Although the majority of their tree peonies are over by early June, I knew it was one of those things where if I didn’t go now…
….baby tree peonies, that is! Which only goes to prove a bunch of old gardening adages about not giving up on Mother Nature, I suppose… at least where tree peonies are concerned, anyhow. Almost two years ago I ordered some P. rockii seeds from Cricket Hill Nursery in Connecticut. Because I’m house-hunting, my intent was…
The Chatsworth Lady 