Over the last week, the Chinese tree peonies belonging to the Central Plains cultivar group have come into full bloom at Cricket Hill Garden. These peonies mainly originate from the two largest areas of tree peony cultivation in China; around the cities of Luoyang in Henan province and Heze in Shandong province. Included in this [...]
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2012 Tree Peony Portraits I
Posted in Ancient Peonies, Peony Bloom 2012, Where to see peonies in bloom on May 3, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Tree Peonies Blooming at the New York Botantical Garden
Posted in Peony Bloom 2012, Where to see peonies in bloom, tagged Chinese tree peonies, NYBG on April 24, 2012 | 10 Comments »
On April 15th we shirked work and took a Sunday funday trip to see the tree peonies in full bloom at the New York Botanical Garden. The Dolores DeFina Hope Tree Peony Collection is located near the Rose Garden at the NYBG. The tree peonies there are now well established, planted mostly over the course [...]
The 400 year old tree peonies of Taiyuan
Posted in Ancient Peonies, Tree Peonies in China, Uncategorized, Where to see peonies in bloom on April 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Each year, in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan “when the seven stars of the Big Dipper point to the southeast” a tree peony blooms at the Twin Pagoda Temple. This has happened every April for the last four hundred years. Taiyuan is the provincial capital of Shanxi province, located about 325 miles southwest of [...]
Its Almost Peony Time in China!
Posted in 2011 Peony Bloom, Peonies in Luoyang, Tree Peonies in China, Where to see peonies in bloom, tagged Luoyang, Ouyang Xiu, Tree Peonies in China on March 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »
The 29th annual Peony Festival will open in Luoyang on April 1st. This ancient city, located in the center of Henan province, about 500 miles southwest of Beijing, served as the capital of China during many dynasties. We have imported some of our tree peony stock from Luoyang since the late 1980s, and have benefited [...]
Public Peony Collections
Posted in Uncategorized, Where to see peonies in bloom, tagged public peony gardens, regional peony bloom times, where to see peonies on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We here in Connecticut are still in ‘winter’s icy grip’, but not so for all of the country. We have heard from customers in southern California that their tree peonies are beginning to bloom. Looking out over the frozen tundra of the garden, it’s heartening to think that somewhere, always, there is a peony blooming. [...]
