John, As I remember there is a pink-flowered tree peony in the Japanese Garden at the Huntington. Years ago Jacques Hahn a garden designer with a intimate display garden in Sierra Madre in southern California grew, I believe, tree peonies in large containers so they could be forced into dormancy in the fall by withdrawing irrigation. That means having a back-up growing area out of "public view." Fred Boutin Tuolumne, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Floral Architecture" <floralartistry2000@yahoo.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 9:28 AM Subject: [pbs] TOW Paeonia > Jim asked: > > "Does anyone at the south end of the west coast grow > > any of > > the mild climate peonies, either the Mediterranean > > species or P. > > californica? Do these ever show up in plant sales, > > or grown in > > Botanical gardens or elsewhere?" > > >From here I can say that I have never seen any listed > for sale but I really miss all the local sales each > year as they happen when I am out of town or I simply > forget. > > There is one plant that blooms in the Huntington's > Japanese garden. I don't really remember the color, I > want to say it was a pink herbaceous but I may be > wrong on that. It was blooming when the IBS had their > symposium there. Was anyone at that meeting that > remember seeing it? I thought I mentioned it to a few > people at the time. > > ===== > John Ingram in L.A., CA. > http://www.floralarchitecture.com/ check it out > Floralartistry2000@yahoo.com > 310.709.1613 (cell, west coast time, please call accordingly. Thank you) > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >