Susan -sow it ASAP, then let it follow a natural sequence of temperatures. Peonies need a warm-cold-warm sequence (sometimes two of them) to germinate; so seed sowed now and put in a sheltered outdoor environment shouldn't be expected to come up until spring 2006 at the earliest. You can also try simulating that temperature sequence with refrigeration (i.e. 3 mos warm, 3 mos in fridge, 3 mos warm again) but I find it a whole lot easier to let themselves get established on a natural schedule. Best wishes, Ellen Ellen Hornig Seneca Hill Perennials Oswego NY (zone 5) http://www.senecahill.com/ Original Message: ----------------- From: Susan Hayek susanann@sbcglobal.net Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 08:36:50 -0800 To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [pbs] Pacific Bx 83 How does one germinate Peony seed? > >SEED: > >5. Paeonia potanini f. alba , gardenseeds , >6. Paeonia delavayii , flowers darkbrown , gardenseeds, >7. Paeonia rockii , gardenseeds, >8. Paeonia rockii "Bing Shan Xue Lian " , gardenseeds , >9. Paeonia ostii "Fen Dan Bai " , gardenseeds , >10. Aquilegia bernardii , w.c. Corsica >11. Lilium spec. , w.c. Corsica ,maybe L. bulbiferum v. croceum, >12. Paeonia russoi v. corsica , w.c. Corsica , >13. Iris foeditissima , gardenseed , >14. Paeonia officinalis v. villosa , gardenseed , handpollination, >15. Paeonia russoi , w.c. Sardinia , >16. Paeonia caucasica , gardenseeds, >17. Paeonia lactiflora v. trichocarpa , gardenseeds , >18. Paeonia lithophila , gardenseeds , >19. Paeonia mascula , white flowered , Sicily , gardenseeds." > >Thank you Fred, Daniel, Liz and Hans !! > >Best wishes, >Dell > >--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php -- susan, who is..... owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Gracie the Rhodesian, Pup-Quiz the Basenji and their Basenji brother, Jones.... on the North Coast of CA, USA susanann@sbcglobal.net, copyright 2005 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .