Paeonia season 2005 now underway
Jamie (Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:22:46 PDT)

Ha, Ha,

my P. mascula opened last week! Beat you!

OK, really, the season has started and the foliage is fabulous this year. I
don't know if the cold winter helped or what, but the colour and texture is
rich on all my plants. I have a small number I purchased as P. mollis,
which bears seed, so I'm not sure. The foliage is wonderfully haired and
pleated this year. I have a bud on a seedling of P. xchamaeleon x P.
kavachensis, which has me excited. The foliage is very lime-gold in
comparison to others in the garden. I'm hoping for a shocking pink to give
some vulgar contrast! Unfortunately, I may miss the blossom, as I leave for
a speaking tour to Canada and the USA on Friday. I'll have to ask friends
to come by and take a shot.

The game is afoot...Don't you just love Spring?

Jamie V.
Cologne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@starpower.net>
To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: [pbs] Paeonia season 2005 now underway