California Peonies
George Goldsmith (Wed, 11 Jul 2018 07:02:50 PDT)
Joe,
Thank you for this thorough description for addressing seed treatment. I appreciate your help and the time you took to pen your reply. Thanks again.
George
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From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of Joe G
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 5:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [pbs] California Peonies
The treatment I've been using (for species tree peonies) is to remove the radicle end of the seed coat (carefully!), cold moist stratify until the radicle forms, then soaking in giberillic acid and sowing the seeds normally. I've read about folks simply scarifying, soaking in GA-3, and stratifying, as well as all other manner of pretreatment (soaking in rubbing alcohol, soaking in indoleacetic acid, anaerobic fermentation, maybe a combination of all of the above!)
-joe
On Wed, Jul 11, 2018, 12:49 AM John Wickham <jwickham@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
George,
Seeds require treatment. They have a very tough outer coat that should
be nicked to allow for better germination. There are other treatments
that may be effective too.
If you can't find seed, Las Pilitas in Santa Margarita sells plants.
John Wickham
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 8:56 PM, George Goldsmith <
g_goldsmith@hotmail.com> wrote:
I'm writing to see if anyone on the list has had experience growing
either of the two California native peonies, Paeonia brownii or
Paeonia californica. If so, can you provide any guidance on growing
these from seed? Also, if anyone is aware of sources for seeds for
these two plants, that would be helpful also. Thank you.
George Goldsmith
(33.998702, -117.797542)
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