[Arid_gardener] peonies

[Linda Drew]

Peonies are beautiful flowering perennial shrubs.
BUT, because winter chilling is required for dormancy,
peonies do not perform well in subtropical areas.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1241.html

A desert plant with realtively large flowers would be
more successful. Look at Texas olive for one example:
http://cals.arizona.edu/pima/gardening/aridplants/Cordia_boissieri.html
http://www.rareflora.com/cordiabo.htm

You may want to visit some local nurseries for
desert-adapted plants.

Linda Drew
Master Gardener

>From: tarntula at cox.net
>To: <arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu>
>Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page
>Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:51:57 -0700 (MST)
>
>85255
>tarntula at cox.net
>
>Is it possible to grow peonies in the Scottsdale area?  I know this 
>probably couldn't be done outside, so what would it take to try and do it 
>inside- if that is even possible.
>
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