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Peony help needed

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,128

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     Tree peony image


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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,614

    Maybe they havnt reached inglezinho in Brazil yet.

  • sara haywoodsara haywood Posts: 143

    Well, well, well! You learn something new everyday! image I had no idea there was such a thing as a Tree Poppy, I shall spend sometime searching the net today. Thank you so much image

  • jatnikapyarjatnikapyar Posts: 419

    Ta Dove, I have several "tree peonies" which were bought as such. I have never heard of "tree poppies" though. And yes, you can grow "tree peonies" from cuttings. I did a couple, but they are very slow to establish and grow. my cuttings are 4 years old and still small. I do not know if I am doing something wrong or if it is just the nature of the plant. Maybe that is why they are not cheap to buy, although a couple of years ago one of the big online retailers were giving them away  for just P&P in GW magazine. I received one as a pack of three. The other two were a magnolia and a hibiscus. They were sent as bare root plants and all are still alive.Younger form members with better memory might remember the offer, and you could enquire from the retailer.

  • sara haywoodsara haywood Posts: 143

    Feng Dan Bai’ Seems to be the nearest one I can find to it, sadly because it is early flowering I can no longer take a photo of it. I shall be patient and wait yet another year!

     

    http://4peonies.com/FengDanBai.html 

  • InglezinhoInglezinho Posts: 568

    They are not trees, they are bushes. Max height 1.5m. RHS : "The name is is misleading".

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,128
    Inglezinho wrote (see)

    They are not trees, they are bushes. Max height 1.5m. RHS : "The name is is misleading".

    Nevertheless that is what they are called and the original poster was correct in what she was asking for.

    Several cultivars reach 2 meters in height.


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