Comments on: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2008 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-78849 Kathy Purdy Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:10:49 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=921#comment-78849 Hi, Jean, thank you for your kind words. You don't consider Zone 5 cold because you live in Wisconsin. Trust me, the southern two-thirds of the country considers it cold. You are right: I love peonies. I wrote about <a href="http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/08/01/whats-wrong-with-my-peonies/" rel="nofollow">problems with botrytis on my peonies</a> back in 2006. All the blog posts I've written about peonies are <a href="http://www.coldclimategardening.com/category/plant-info/peonies/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Hi, Jean, thank you for your kind words. You don’t consider Zone 5 cold because you live in Wisconsin. Trust me, the southern two-thirds of the country considers it cold. You are right: I love peonies. I wrote about problems with botrytis on my peonies back in 2006. All the blog posts I’ve written about peonies are here.

]]> By: Jean S. http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-78843 Jean S. Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:10:22 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=921#comment-78843 Hi Kathy, Although my Zone is 5, which I don't really consider that cold, I love reading your blog and enjoy the fact that you also are a peony-lover. I've been planting them like crazy for the past 10 years. I'm the editor for the Midwest Peony Society and went to the annual meeting last year in Wisconsin. Anyway, this is the first year I've had fungal issues because of the incredibly wet spring. Have you ever had issues with fungal disease? My peonies are kind of closely planted with other perennials and I don't have an abundance of sun. But peony-lovers are undeterred by this kind of setback. Keep up the great writing. Hi Kathy,
Although my Zone is 5, which I don’t really consider that cold, I love reading your blog and enjoy the fact that you also are a peony-lover. I’ve been planting them like crazy for the past 10 years. I’m the editor for the Midwest Peony Society and went to the annual meeting last year in Wisconsin. Anyway, this is the first year I’ve had fungal issues because of the incredibly wet spring. Have you ever had issues with fungal disease? My peonies are kind of closely planted with other perennials and I don’t have an abundance of sun. But peony-lovers are undeterred by this kind of setback. Keep up the great writing.

]]> By: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2010 — Cold Climate Gardening http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-68514 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2010 — Cold Climate Gardening Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:59:42 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=921#comment-68514 [...] The first Oriental poppy and the first peony both bloomed on May 27th! How can I call them the grandes dames of June if they start blooming in May? Don’t try to answer that–it’s sort of like calling [...] [...] The first Oriental poppy and the first peony both bloomed on May 27th! How can I call them the grandes dames of June if they start blooming in May? Don’t try to answer that–it’s sort of like calling [...]

]]> By: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2010 — Cold Climate Gardening http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-68023 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2010 — Cold Climate Gardening Sun, 16 May 2010 02:37:14 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=921#comment-68023 [...] is a lot blooming but none of it is flashy, like the big yellow sheets of daffodils previous or the three Grandes Dames of June that will soon be here. The blooms of mid-May are modest and humble but well worth a careful look. [...] [...] is a lot blooming but none of it is flashy, like the big yellow sheets of daffodils previous or the three Grandes Dames of June that will soon be here. The blooms of mid-May are modest and humble but well worth a careful look. [...]

]]> By: Joleen http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-67119 Joleen Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:34:56 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=921#comment-67119 Thank you Annie!!! I'm so excited to try this. You are awesome! Thank you Annie!!! I’m so excited to try this. You are awesome!

]]> By: Annie in Austin http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-67118 Annie in Austin Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:20:31 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=921#comment-67118 Hi Kathy & Joleen, I learned how to hold peonies in refrigeration for later bloom when I lived in Illinois and wrote a post about the method a few years ago...Happy Wedding! http://annieinaustin.blogspot.com/2007/05/bossing-blooms.html Annie at the Transplantable Rose .-= Annie in Austin´s last blog ..<a href="http://annieinaustin.blogspot.com/2010/03/finally-time-for-march-2010-gbbd.html" rel="nofollow">Finally Time for March 2010 GBBD</a> =-. Hi Kathy & Joleen,

I learned how to hold peonies in refrigeration for later bloom when I lived in Illinois and wrote a post about the method a few years ago…Happy Wedding!

http://annieinaustin.blogspot.com/2007/05/bossing-blooms.html

Annie at the Transplantable Rose
.-= Annie in Austin´s last blog ..Finally Time for March 2010 GBBD =-.

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-67117 Kathy Purdy Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:55:55 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=921#comment-67117 I have read of that being done, but I don't know the exact process or how long you could keep them that way. I have read of that being done, but I don’t know the exact process or how long you could keep them that way.

]]> By: Joleen http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-67114 Joleen Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:14:09 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=921#comment-67114 My daughter is getting married June 12th. She wants peonies in her bouquet but I'm afraid they will already have bloomed and died by then. They are growing in Iowa. Is there a method that I could keep them in fridg when just in bud form and delay blooming? My daughter is getting married June 12th. She wants peonies in her bouquet but I’m afraid they will already have bloomed and died by then. They are growing in Iowa. Is there a method that I could keep them in fridg when just in bud form and delay blooming?

]]> By: Planting Tulips, Part 1 — Cold Climate Gardening http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-64144 Planting Tulips, Part 1 — Cold Climate Gardening Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:16:01 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=921#comment-64144 [...] after the daffodils, there is just about nothing blooming in the front of the house until the June show of peonies, irises, and poppies. I have not been the first person to notice this bloom gap, not by a long shot, and the traditional [...] [...] after the daffodils, there is just about nothing blooming in the front of the house until the June show of peonies, irises, and poppies. I have not been the first person to notice this bloom gap, not by a long shot, and the traditional [...]

]]> By: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2009 — Cold Climate Gardening http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/06/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-59759 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2009 — Cold Climate Gardening Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:54:54 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=921#comment-59759 [...] there is a season, and I find that pretty much the same plants are blooming that were blooming last year and the year before at this time. So even though I’m intoxicated with my peonies and wowed by [...] [...] there is a season, and I find that pretty much the same plants are blooming that were blooming last year and the year before at this time. So even though I’m intoxicated with my peonies and wowed by [...]

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