Jim Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> wrote: "If you are actually sure you want to grow peonies for cut flowers, you probably mean the cultivars of P. lactiflora or 'Chinese peonies'." Not a geophytic peony, so perhaps a little off-topic, but I snapped a couple shots of Paeonia lactiflora 'Buckeye Belle' yesterday, between rain showers. It's the most intense red ever, almost black-red in bud, a truly striking variety. http://plantbuzz.com/buzz/2006/… http://plantbuzz.com/buzz/2006/… Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5 ============================================== >> web site under construction - http://www.plantbuzz.com/ << alliums, bulbs, penstemons, hardy hibiscus, western american alpines, iris, plants of all types!