Thanks for your information., What are Salpiglossis? There is a big commercial lily farm nearby, so I can buy them cheaper than I can grow them, but I still grow Stargazer and a couple of others. If I can grow peonies, or something that unusual (unusual for us!!), I can use them in wedding bouquets, also if I manage to grow them in foam boxes, I'm hoping to get them to grow all year round, by putting the whole box into a cold store (when I get one!!!) Angela ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bryan" <johnbryan@worldnet.att.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Peonies > Dear Angela: > > Herbaceous peonies need frost, the tree types do not. An alternative is > to dump ice (left over from the no doubt frequent cocktail parties you > have) on them as often as possible during the winter. You might be in > for a long haul if you are growing them for cut flowers, you might do > better with Alstromeria, which are great cut flowers. The flower > production on the tree type is not that great, unless they are old > plants, and I question if the stems would be suitable for cut flowers. > Salpiglossis make superb cut flowers and this is another plant you might > try if you wish unusual and not commonly grown cut flowers. Remember > Lilies, they are superb as cut flowers. Cheers, John E. Bryan > > Angela and Dean Offer wrote: > > > > I am trying to grow herbaceous peonies, I have some in the ground and some in foam boxes, lifted off the ground. I have been told it is not cold enough here (we rarely get a frost) . Any information would be very appreciated. I am trying to grow them as cut flowers. > > > > Angela > > Albany W. Australia > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >