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Why are Tree peonies are so expensive?

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  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    I think bareroot tree peonies are cheaper than the potted ones.
    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • BlueBirderBlueBirder Posts: 212
    You could also look at Claire Austin - seems to be some around the £25 mark (still pricey for a plant but much less than £80!)

    https://www.claireaustin-hardyplants.co.uk/t/plants/peonies/tree-peonies
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I second what @Eustace says re bare root. The site I mentioned does them. I'd guess you could get them just now, but if price is a real factor, it's worth waiting.  :)
    I'm in the minority here I think, as I don't like tree peonies. I'd rather have the herbaceous ones. You could have three or four of those instead of one tree peony   ;)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I think it is the Intersectional ones that have sterile seed. I was thinking of P Rockii.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    GardenerSuze said:
    I think it is the Intersectional ones that have sterile seed. I was thinking of P Rockii.
    P. Rockii is a super one.
    This site says soaking seeds speeds up germination.

    https://www.specialplants.net/shop/seeds/paeonia_rockii/

    I rather like the small ones with ferny leaves. eg Paeonia  tenuifolia
    I have never grown any paeonies but my 97 year old neighbour grew Paeonia  tenuifolia in a pot...and successfully germinated seeds from other Paeonia.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    1.  Supply and demand.

    2.  Costs affected by the skilled labour they need in the nursery and the space and time to grow on.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Perhaps I should say viable rather than sterile. Someone I used to work for had five seeds of P Rockii and he managed to get one to germinate. Something he was very proud of with good reason. After his death it was moved with his ashes to  Notts HPS garden at Wollaton. Amazing sight in flower.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • McRazzMcRazz Posts: 440
    Lyn said:
    You can grow them from seed but like most plants,  may not  come true. 
    I know absolutely nothing about TP's other than mine totally consume the flower beds they are growing in leaving little room for much else...but the OH loves them unfortunately.

    We have a yellow variety that is a fairly prolific self-seeder. 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @McRazz The single flowered lemon yellow T P Mlokosewitschii is my favourite it grows in a garden nearby and I will take a walk just to see it in flower.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 831
    I’ve just checked, I paid £7.50 for mine, it was £15 full price for a small one (in a clematis type pot for a size reference)
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