Pioneers
carried the ancestors of this huge double-red Peony across the
American West! Even if this double-red Fern Leaf Peony weren't
so lovely, its fascinating history as part of the settlement
of the American West would make it a conversation piece in the
garden. As it is, you can see why pioneers carefully dug up
the young plants, bound their roots in wet cloth, and loaded
them into covered wagons to beautify the new landscape. Some
of those original plants still survive, and with very little
work on your part, the bareroot you plant this fall will be
delighting the eye of your descendants a hundred years or more
from now!
As petal-packed as the finest Rose,
these brilliant red blooms are vastly easier to grow, and
longer-lasting in the garden or vase, to boot! They arise
at the end of short, very sturdy 12-inch stems with foliage
that looks like a fern or young Conifer! (Don't be alarmed
if, well after the mid-spring bloom, the foliage goes summer-dormant
in the heat. It will be back for countless years to come!)
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According
to Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese practice, the
red peony is a symbol of good fortune associated
withwomen
& romance. It is believed to keep passion
and love alive.
Symbol of remembrance,
they bloom aptly around Mother's Day, when the loveliness of
spring is at its peak. Named for the Greek physician Paeon,
who used them to treat battle wounds of the gods, they signify
healing. Planted along the path to your entry, they are said
to keep evil from your door.If this lore is not mere whimsy,
but a reflection of human hopes, peonies may be a flower for
our own stricken day. A knobby root, settled in the soil this
fall, will almost certainly reward the faithful with blossoms
almost too beautiful to be real next spring -- and the next
and the next. Longer lived than many a tree, peonies can endure
for a century or moreThese are among the oldest plants cultivated
for their flowers and for the healing properties of their tuberous
roots and shiny dark seeds. In China, where records mentioning
this flower date to 600 B.C., peonies were known as "the
King of Flowers," and often portrayed with the phoenix,
an icon of life arising from ashes, triumphant. The genus includes
about 30 species, but the two chief divisions are the herbaceous
peonies, soft-stemmed plants that die back to the ground in
winter, and "tree" peonies, shrubs that have a persistent
woody framework..
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Peonies The large showy,
flowers of peonies are produced in mid-to late spring. Many
colors and flower forms are available. Because winter chilling
is required for dormancy, peonies often do not perform well
in the lower South. Early blooming and single or Japanese cultivars
generally perform better in South Carolina than other types.HEIGHT/SPREAD
Most herbaceous peonies grow 2 to 3 feet tall in our area with
a 3-to 4-foot spread when mature. Some cultivars and species
will grow a foot taller or lower. Tree peonies (which are actually
a shrub) grow to about 4 to 5 feet under normal conditions.
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