Canadian Peony Society: Related Sites

Related Sites

Societies

Enthusiasts

Peony Bloom Time Project: This site attempts to clarify what is known and more importantly, not known about the blooming pattern of peonies. A long run project to which contributions are solicited. CPS recommends participation in this project.
Yahoo! Groups - canpeony: An email discussion group of Canadian peony gardeners. Requests for peonies, and offers of surplus divisions, seeds, and plants can be made here. Remuneration is between parties concerned though trade and barter are commonly used. Membership is free. Subscribe by email to: canpeony-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Yahoo! Groups - peony: An email group of peony fanciers worldwide. Discussion of all growing aspects of herbaceous and tree peonies. Subscribe by email to:
peony-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Gardenweb's Peony Forum
Dr. Carsten Burkhardt's Paeonia Web Project
Walter Good's peony website
Dr.Tao Sang, Michigan State University
Irigoien & Perez de Calleja's Paeonia Information
The Wonderful World of Intersectional Peonies
Quadriga Peony Pleasure Dome
A Blog by Leo Smit (Nova Scotia, Canada), dedicated to perennials and emphasizing species peonies. Check the site often as it changes frequently.
Friends of the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa, Canada, dedicated to preserving and enhancing the peony collection in the Ornamental Gardens at the Farm in Ottawa.

Articles

Paeonia Newsletter for peony hybridizers
Peonies for the Home Landscape (NC State University Horticulture Information Leaflets)
Peonies: Speaker Notes from Meetings of the Newmarket Horticultural Society (Speaker John Simkins, September 18, 2001)
Popular Peony Cultivars By Brian Porter, with lists of cultivars of lactiflora, herbaceous hybrid, intersectional, and tree peonies that do well in Saskatchewan
Peonies by Steve Mastin

Commercial

Also see our Canadian Vendors listing.

Adelman Peony Gardens (Oregon)
Blossom Hill Nursery (Ontario)
Brothers Herbs & Tree Peonies (Oregon)
Estate Perennials (formerly Hollandia Flowers and Bulbs, Alberta)
Ferncliff Gardens: Dahlias, iris, daylilies, peonies, perennials. (British Columbia)
Fraser's Thimble Farms: The rare plant specialist. Ferns, hardy orchids, Japanese hepaticas, bulbs, perennials, grasses, shrubs, deciduous vines, conifers/evergreens, deciduous trees. (British Columbia)
GardenHouse Perennials (Ontario)
Hole's Greenhouses & Gardens Ltd. (Alberta)
Hollingsworth Nurseries: "Breeder and Propagator of Fine Peonies " (Missouri)
Klehm Song Sparrow Perennial Farm: herbaceous peonies, tree peonies, and much more. (Wisconsin)
Harrod Horticultural (formerly Link Stakes)
Pacific Rim Native Plants (British Columbia)
Päonien Garten (Frankfurt)
peonygarden.com: THE PEONY SUPER STORE (Ontario)
PeonyLand: "the largest Chinese tree peony and herbaceous peony nursery outside China." (Pennsylvania)
Pivoines Capano: Intersectional hybrids, species, herbaceous, martagon lilies. Site inclues tips on planting, maintenance and extended blooming. (Quebec)
Pivoines Riviere, a historic peony nursery in France and still one of Europe's best
La Pivoinerie D'Aoust Peony Nursery: "Peonies and only Peonies." Site includes an extensive Frequently Asked Questions file of peony information. (Quebec)
Peonynursery.com in Lithuania
Planteck Biotechnologies Inc.: "Hardy Orchids and Collector's Peonies within your reach!" (Quebec)
Reath's Nursery: Herbaceous and Tree Peonies (Michigan)
El Summit Perennials Nursery: species peonies and unusual perennials. (Nova Scotia)
Whitehouse Perennials: Specializing in rare and unusual perennials for Canadian gardens.
Wrightman Alpines: rock garden and alpine plants, including species peonies. (Ontario)

Botanical Gardens

Devonian Botanic Gardens (Edmonton, AB)
Montreal Botanical Garden (Montréal, QC)
The Oshawa Valley Botanical Garden (Oshawa, ON)
Royal Botanical Gardens (Burlington, ON)
Toronto Botanical Gardens (formerly The Civic Garden Center)
VanDusen Botanical Gardens (Vancouver, BC)