peonies and Master Gardeners
Liz Waterman (Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:03:38 PDT)

In Woodside, about 30 mi south of SF, Filoli gardens grows or used to
grow several different herbaceous peonies. I haven't been there in
years but they still list them as flowering in May.
I used grow a nice clump of them in Oakland until the Oak root fungus
got them. They bloomed reliably every Mother's day without any ice
treatments in Oakland CA.
Liz W

Max Withers wrote:

By the way, Californians needn't trouble their master gardeners for
chill hours: they're all online here:
http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/chillcalc/…