Prairie Peonies

Hello my plant people! I have the great pleasure of participating in a Zoom presentation on January 10 (this coming Saturday) on the topic of best performing peony cultivars in our gardens with some incredibly knowledgeable peony experts. As Canadian Peony Society President, I will be representing Canada and cold climate growers.

This presentation is being hosted by the American Peony Society via Zoom. Normally a paid membership is required to attend a presentation, but in January all meetings are open to the public (but registration is required to attend). You can register here if interested.

https://americanpeonysociety.org/.../winter-2026-zoom.../

I thought that y'all might find this interesting and that it might give you a wish list to work on this winter. Photos of me and of my 2025 Edmonton garden for attention. Thanks for reading, folks!

Don't deadhead! 🙅‍♂️ Donate! ✔️

We're looking for seed donations!

The Canadian Peony Society is once again collecting peony seeds from our members, and we need your help! If you have seeds to share, please consider donating them to support our annual seed sale.

🌱 How to Donate:

Please send your seeds directly to our Seed Coordinator,

John Moons
34 Langford Church Road
Brantford, Ontario
N3T 5L4

Be sure to label each packet with the parent plant(s) to help ensure accurate identification for members.

Your donations play an important role in preserving and sharing the beauty and diversity of peonies across Canada and are one of the main CPS fundraisers.

Any further questions can be sent to us via DMs.

Thank you for supporting this program and helping fellow gardeners grow something special from seed!

My friend Kate-Lynn is selling Canadian-grafted and grown woody peonies! The opportunity to purchase both these specific cultivars and to purchase Canadian-grown woodies is incredibly rare, and I would strongly recommend it if you have been considering trying out this amazing plant group or adding to your collection.

WE ARE SOLD OUT- there are a handful of herbaceous peonies left before we start digging on September 1st 🪏

Now Offering Woody Peonies! English Below**

Nous offrons maintenant des pivoines arbustives

Sans tambour ni trompette, j'ai discrètement rassemblé une modeste sélection de pivoines arbustives greffées âgées de 3 ans, cultivées ici. L'été m'a rattrapé, donc c'est plus t**d que prévu, mais les voici. C'est une petite collection intéressante de beaux arbres. Beaucoup d'entre eux ne sont presque jamais proposés à la vente et, à ma connaissance, les greffons cultivés au Canada sont très limités. Merci pour votre soutien continu. Il y a des informations importantes à lire avant l'achat, et il est important de vous renseigner sur les conditions de culture dans votre région avant de vous lancer dans la culture de la pivoine arbustive. Elles poussent différemment des pivoines herbacées et les erreurs évitables peuvent coûter cher.

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Without a lot of fanfare or build up, I've quietly put together a very humble offering of 3 year old grafted woody peonies, grown here. Summer caught up with me, so this is later than intended, but here they are. It's an interesting little collection of beautiful trees. A lot are hardly ever offered for sale, and as far as I am aware, Canadian grown grafts are very limited. Thank you for your continued support, there is some important information to read prior purchase, and it's important to READ UP ON GROWING information for your area prior to getting into woody peonies. They grow differently than herbaceous and avoidable mistakes can be costly.

Thank you again! We start digging in two weeks, and we're awfully excited! re anis

That was early!

Seed Surprise Much to my surprise...