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Peony - Tree - Shima-nishiki
This Tree Peony has huge, ruffled, satin-like flowers that are super hardy! Every garden needs a tree peony. Fortunately for us, tree peonies are now slightly more available. They grow 4-5' tall and make ideal specimen plants. The Tree Peony Shima-nishiki, 'Paeonia', is a rare two-toned beauty that has immense red and white double flowers. A mature plant can have in excess of a hundred flowers and these can be 10" or more across! Japanese tree peonies tend to have less double flowers than their Chinese peers, and the flowers are more open and delicate. We're not sure what the penalty was for infringing this law, but it can't have been very pleasant. There are very few plants that can compete with a tree peony in full bloom. Growing only 4-5' tall, these exceptional Tree Peonies are sub-zero hardy and bloom for a lifetime. There was a time, many years ago in ancient China, when the only person who could own a tree peony was the Emperor himself. ... more
Geranium - Southcombe Double Geraniums are grown in almost any soil as long as it is not wet. This plant would look wonderful in a pot on a sun-drenched porch and is also deer resistant. The Geranium Southcombe Double, 'Geranium oxonianum', displays fully double, pure pink blooms that sit atop bright green stems. For the most part, cranesbill are long-lived and do not require a lot of care. There are only a few double-geraniums in cultivation and don't look like a Geranium at first glance. They do best in sun, but will tolerate some degree of shade. They are perfect in the perennial border and work well as a ground cover too. Southcombe Double blooms almost non-stop throughout the summer, into fall. |
