Paeonia 'Coral Charm'
John Grimshaw (Wed, 14 May 2008 10:13:42 PDT)

Jane McGary wrote:

Another interesting thing about 'Coral Charm' is that it can make new

I wonder whence it derives this characteristic?

As I understand it this habit is derived from P. peregrina and transmitted
to its hybrids.

One upon a time, while working in Holland, I ran a research nursery in the
plot next to an extremely canny propagator of peonies (and other plants) who
taught me many useful things. He was very careful to collect up all the
broken roots of certain clones as they would make a new plant for him to
sell, but once a normal lactiflora root is detached it's useless.

John Grimshaw

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