How silly of me to post a followup to your extensive peony discussion from less than two years ago! Just kidding: you are right, of course, and I will eventually re-post to the peony group. I thought it odd that you all were discussing peonies here myself. In semi-defense of my Master Gardeners, I should point out that it is not bad advice to casual gardeners to focus on plants that are locally both happy and easy. She had no way of assessing how crazy/obsessive/committed I was. On the other hand, does anyone think the MGs would have come up such a clear and useful answer on chill hours as Lee Poulsen? Max Oakland Where oranges and cherries every year might be pushing it. > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 19:24:20 -0500 > From: James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> > Subject: [pbs] Peonies > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <p06230951c0ad1d152a31@[192.168.1.104]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > Dear all; > > I hate to be a spoil sport, but there is a very active and > knowledgeable group devoted to peonies at peony@yahoogroups.com. I > think most of this peony info is better served off of a bulb list. > > Jim W. >