Canadian Peony Society
2015 Root Sale Available August
Deadline to order September 5, 2015
Canadian Peony Society Annual Fundraiser
Monies raised from the sale of donated roots will be used to produce educational material for members and the
general public and to pay for booths at various events.
This is our main fundraiser, which allows us to continue to promote peonies across the country. We spend much of our time extolling the virtues of these lovely plants at local fairs, horticultural societies and garden clubs, large horticultural events and our annual flower show, all in the hopes that interest in the many varieties of this majestic flower will increase as a result.
Canadian Peony Society Root Sale
Open to Members Only
To become a member fill out our membership form
This year we have a varied selection to entice you. Please take a moment to look over the list, it may surprise you. You could find that one root for that special spot in the garden.
Deadline to place your order is Saturday, September 5, 2015
We would like to thank 2015 donors for their time and donations:
Prices for roots are fixed and a fee of $6.00 per root will be added to each order to offset Canada Post rates. NOTE: This fee was increased in 2012 to offset shipping costs.
Please order by email where possible and include your name, mailing address and the names of roots you wish to purchase. DO NOT send money with your order.
By Email: plntlady@sympatico.ca
Donors will ship directly to the buyer. Where possible roots should be at least 3 to 5 eyes. Donors who wish to be compensated for shipping costs will submit receipts to Margaret Sequeira no later than November 29, 2015. Please note that any receipts received after this date will not be reimbursed.
Buyers will be randomly selected, where demand exceeds supply . Shipping dates vary from September to sometime in October. Buyers will forward a cheque payable to “Canadian Peony Society” to M. Sequeira at above address once all roots have been received.
Peony Flower Forms
There are five basic flower forms generally acknowledged to occur in herbaceous peonies. Unfortunately, the demarcation where one form leaves off, and another begins, is not always distinct, nor sharply defined.
Some varieties may express themselves as different forms one year to the next in response to weather or nutrient levels, and other varieties defy flower form classification because they display two or more forms on the same plant during any given season.
Single
Flower with one or two rows of petals and a well visible stamen center
This is the basic simple peony with a number of petals surrounding a center composed of
functional stamens and carpels.
Five petals is the normal number found in wild peonies but cultivated varieties generally have
more than this, often nine to twelve. Singles have pollen-bearing anthers and there is a sharp
demarcation between petals and the stamens in the centre.
Japanese
This form very much resembles the singles to many people. Closer examination of the anthers
reveals that there is no free pollen. This results in a flower that has the simplicity in form of a single
while maintaining the petals in pristine condition unsoiled by dropped pollen.
Semi-Double
These have a profusion of outer petals that are derived from the transformation of stamens. The
transformation begins at the outer edges of the boss of stamens and proceeds towards the centre
but always there are functional stamens remaining. The better forms have a distinct centre made
up of pollen bearing stamens and functional carpels.
Bomb
Completely double flower where the center petals form a ball on top of the flower which is very
distinctive from the guard petals. Stamens and carpels are absent.
Double
Flower completely covered with petals. In general, the center of stamens has disappeared being
transformed in petals. Sometimes, the double flowers may still have some useable carpels hidden
by the numerous petals.
pe·o·ny (pēˈənē) (pronounced pee-uh-nee)any plant of the genus Paeonia, the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae,mostly Eurasian species popular as garden and florists' flowers. Herbaceous peonies (most varieties of P. lactiflora)—formerly and still sometimes called piney—are hardy, bushy perennials that die back each year. Large, usually spring-blooming, single, semi-double or double flowers commonly range in shades from red to white. Tree peonies (P. suffruticosa) have a somewhat woody, persistent base and are usually taller than the herbaceous, with more abundant and larger blossoms. Both herbaceous and tree are very long-lived. Both kinds of peony have long been venerated in their native China and Japan. The peony was formerly regarded as both ornamental and medicinal—the roots were used to prevent convulsions. P. browniiis a species of small peony, not horticulturally important, that is native to the West Coast of North America.
Some of the 2015 Peonies available
Photo's supplied by members and Nursery Donors
Peony Root Essentials
By Marilyn Light
· Without good roots, there is no peony or desired blooms.
· The starch storage capacity of peony roots must be fostered from the earliest stages.
· Adequate root reserves must be transferred with roots when making divisions.
· The best planting situation is in friable, deeply dug soil providing excellent drainage away from the crown.
· A bright location and space between plants promotes health.
· Robust plants could have a wide rooting zone to support future growth and this could present problems
moving/dividing plants later on.
· Seedlings should show such propensity by their 4th year.
· Less vigorous peonies may have compact root systems that should be moved in their entirety when transplanting.
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L’essentiel du savoir en matière de racine de pivoine
par Marilyn H.S. Light
· Sans bonnes racines, vous n’obtiendrez ni la pivoine ni les fleurs que vous souhaitez.
· La capacité de stockage d'amidon des racines de pivoine doit être stimulée très tôt.
· Lorsqu’on divise les racines, il faut faire attention à garder des racines qui ont de bonnes réserves.
· La meilleure situation de plantation est dans un sol friable et profondément creusé fournissant un excellent
drainage loin de la couronne.
· Un endroit et un espace lumineux entre les plants favorise la santé.
· Les plants robustes pourraient avoir une zone étendue d’enracinement pour supporter leur future croissance et ceci pourrait présenter des défis lors de la division ou le déplacement futur des plants. Les plants devraient montrer de telles dispositions dans leur 4ème année.
· Les pivoines moins vigoureuses peuvent avoir des systèmes compacts de racine qui devraient être déplacés dans leur intégralité lors de la transplantation.