Peony advice, please

Interesting story @ARMANDII .A friend and I visited Chatsworth last year. Neither of us liked the house much as we thought it was decidedly OTT including the gold leaf on the windows which we thought looked tacky. Parts of the garden were lovely as were the water features. I wonder if your ancestors were at Chatsworth when the then biggest greenhouse in the world was still standing. it was built by Joseph Paxton who went on to build the Crystal Palace. All that's left of the huge greenhouse which was blown up after the 1st world war I think are the dwarf walls which give you a good idea of how big it was...huge!

 

I've just been catching up on this thread and its really helped me too.....

I've just purchased....

Celebrity
Sarah Bernhardt
Karl Rosenfield

And was just about to go onto the internetthingy to find out the best place to plant... why do we need the internetthingy when we get so many great tips on GC.... just fabulous

 

Wow @ARMANDII how interesting. Chatsworth certainly showed how the other half lived! I couldn't get over the bally hoo about keeping the greenhouse warm enough to grow the likes Pineapples and the huge amount of coal needed to do so. 1 of the Dukes of Devonshore didn't like seeing a band of workers barrowing coal from where it was stored over to the greenhouse so got a tunnel built...sorted but at what cost???? Evidently the demise of the massive greenhouse was due to the 1st World War as it was deemed the coal was needed for more important things, rightly. All the exotic palms etc died and the greenhouse fell into disrepair . I'm not sure even the likes of the Sheiks or Russian olegarts could afford to build anything similar today and be able to man it...mind you! I think the guide told us there were 15 full time gardeners for the greenhouse alone, not counting the gardeners for the rest of the huge gardens. Mind blowing stuff.

 

Your getting as bad as Woo.... !!

Just love the Shirley Temple... it will go with my Rose

Saying that and all aside... I did purchase them to go into where I was working but having read this thread I don't think its the best place for them so I will be planting them tomorrow in what 'was' my veggie plot! which is coming along nicely after a big dig over and lots and lots of planting

 

I couldn't agree more

 

Now I'm confused

ok.... I was going to put them where they have morning sun and evening sun with some shelter during strong daylight... having absorbed the above information I thought it best to put them in full sun...

Maybe I should just put them where I was going to in the first place and let them take their chances.....

Plants are worse than having children... at least I could say... tough... to them!!

 

I'd plant them where YOU would like to see them! @Apple Blossom Mine are in all sorts of areas. If you are going for Tree Peonies then I would be a bit careful not to put them where it is exposed to the wind as the branches are quite brittle. I wouldn't recommend where it's very shady but apart from that give them a go where it suits you.

 

Hi Silu, all joking aside , I will be putting them where I first thought as it is lovely and sunny and like you said it is more sheltered. If I put them in the 'old veggie plot' it is open to the ellements so they probably would get a bit of a battering with the wind. Thank you for the advice

 

Just an fyi - the peony sections that I divided and moved are getting ready to flower.

I have no idea what variety it is - when I bought it, the label said "Final Markdown" and the thing was most of the way dead... same thing with a clematis I have.

 

Hi A, me and the wife are going here tomorrow, its only a half hour drive for us, JFK sister is buried in the church yard, i believe he attended the funeral if my memory serves me well,

I will post a few pictures up in a new thread.