Getting Your Peonies

• Which Peonies to Get: how to decide which type of peony you need/want

• Where to Get them: where to buy, beg, borrow, or otherwise acquire some peonies

Which Peonies to Get

• Award winners: peonies that have won medals at gardening shows
• Bad weather: peonies that can stand up to rain & wind, or to lots of heat
• Bloom time: you want peonies that flower at certain times during the blooming season
• Botanical type: you choose them by botanical type (particular species or hybrid)
• Cheap: you want inexpensive peonies
• Colour: you want white, pink, red, coral, or yellow peonies
• Fade resistant: peonies that won't fade in bright sunshine
• Form: you want peony flowers of a particular shape (single, double, Japanese, etc.)
• Fragrance: you want really fragrant (or, perhaps, completely unscented) peonies
• Heights: you want peonies of a certain height
• My Favourites: my list of favourite peonies
• No staking: peonies that don't need support
• Wild things: peonies that are close to their wild forms (i.e. species peonies)

If you are lucky enough to know someone who is giving away peony divisions (also called root stock), you have a source of free peonies. Just plant them according to the instructions I provide in the section on Planting Peonies, and you are all set.

Where to Buy Peonies

In addition, there are many nurseries that specialize in growing and selling peonies. I've provided a list of some of them, arranged according to country/area:

Australia & New Zealand

Peony Garden
283 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
Mobile: 0417 015 520; e-mail: peonygarden@hotmail.com. Tree peonies only

Simmons Peonies
389 Buchanans Rd, RD6, Christchurch, New Zealand
Over 70 different different peony cultivars

Southern Charm Peonies
Seaforth Road, Seadown, RD 3, Timaru, New Zealand
Phone: 03-688 7080, Fax: 03-686 1550, Cellphone: 027-2211292, Email: southerncharm@xtra.co.nz. Mostly tree peonies

Canada

Elysium Garden Nursery
2834 Belgo Road, Kelowna, BC V1P 1E2 Canada
phone: (250) 491-1368, fax: (250) 491-1340, email:info@elysiumgardennursery.com. About 80 different peony cultivars

Ferncliff Gardens
8502 McTaggart St, Mission, BC V2V 6S6 CANADA
Phone: (604) 826-2447, Fax: (604) 826-4316, Email: info@ferncliffgardens.com. Over 75 different peony cultivars

La Pivoinerie D'Aoust
P.O. Box 220, Hudson Heights, QC J0P 1J0, Canada
email: peonies@paeonia.com, phone: (450) 458-2759, fax: (450) 458-0253. Over 100 different peony cultivars

Les Jardins Osiris
818 rue Monique, St-Thomas de Joliette, QC J0K 3L0 Canada
Phone: (450) 759-8621, 1-877-759-8621, fax: (450) 759-6571, email: jardinsosiris@videotron.ca. Over 100 different peony cultivars, including over a dozen species peonies

Parkland Perennials
PO Box 506, Bruderheim, AB T0B 0S0 Canada
Phone: (780) 796-2382, Fax: (780)796-2350, E-mail: parklandperennials@canada.com. Over 100 different peony cultivars

peonygarden.com
Frankford, Ontario, Canada
PHONE: 1-613-398-7650, FAX: 1-613-398-0097, EMAIL: peony@peonygarden.com. Over 1,000 different peony cultivars

Pivoines Capano
599 Chemin du Golf, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 5A7 Canada
Phone/Fax: 418-545-4124, E-mail : manocapano@pivoinescapano.com. Over 90 different peony cultivars

Reilly's Country Gardens
3328 Diamondview Road, Kinburn, Ontario, K0A 2H0 Canada
Email: reilly@magma.ca, phone: (613) 832-2965. Over 60 different peony cultivars

Whitehouse Perennials
594 Rae Rd., RR 2, Almonte ON K0A 1A0 Canada
Tel: (613) 256-3406, toll free 1-877 256-3406, fax: (613) 256-6827, e-mail: suzanne@whitehouseperennials.com. Over 50 different peony cultivars

Europe

Kelways Ltd.
Barrymore Farm, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9EZ United Kingdom
Mail Order Office Tel: 01458 250521; Fax: 01458 253351; Plant Centre Tel: 01458 250521 or 01458 253352; email: sales@kelways.co.uk. About 50 different peony cultivars

paeonia gmbh
Switzerland paeonia@bluewin.ch. Over 150 different peony cultivars

Paionia Peony Nursery
Kadijkweg 51, 1614 MA Lutjebroek, The Netherlands
Office: +31 228 523 792, Cell Phone: +31 623 236 056, Private: +31 228 512 563, Fax: +31 228 523 792; email: cs@paionia.com, Paionia Online Store: http://www.paionia.com or http://www.uwpioenrozenspecialist.nl. About 40 different peony cultivars

Peonynursery.com
Panevezys, Lithuania
Email: sales@peonynursery.com. Over 40 different peony cultivars

Peonyrainbows
Lystrupmindevej 16 - in Bryrup - South of Silkeborg in Jylland, Denmark
PHONE : ( 0045 ) - 75 75 75 23, Mobil : ( 0045 ) - 26 36 75 23 , Fax nr . 75 75 75 21, Se nr : 83 93 66 57, Email: luriel@peonyrainbows.dk. More than 80 different peony cultivars

PlantenTuin Esveld
Rijneveld 72, 2771 XS Boskoop, Holland
Telephone: (0031)(0)172-213289,: Telefax (0031)(0)172-215714; Email: info@esveld.nl. Over 11,000 different plants on offer, but don't know how many of them are peony cultivars

Rockii Tree Peony
Germany
Tree peonies only

Vivaio G&G Buffa
Cascina Madonera, 32, 10046 Poirino (To), Italy
Phone: +39 011 9430623, email: posta@vivaiobuffa.com. Over 60 different peony cultivars (including many tree peonies)

United States

Adelman Peony Gardens
5690 Brooklake Rd NE, PO Box 9193, Salem, OR 97305
Phone 503-393-6185, fax 503-393-3457. Over 180 different peony cultivars

BooneBrier Farm
11067 NE Arness Road, Kingston, WA 98346
Phone: 360- 297-7431, email: info@boonebrierfarm.com or boonebrier@centurytel.net. Over 50 different peony cultivars

Brooks Gardens
P.O. Box 9171, 6219 Topaz Street NE, Brooks, OR 97305
Phone: (503) 393-7999. Over 80 different peony cultivars

Brother's Herbs And Peonies
PO Box 1370, Sherwood OR 97140
Phone: (503) 625-7548, Fax: (503) 625-1667, Email: rick@treony.com. Tree peonies only

Buck Canyon Gardens
P.O. Box 1242, Cave Junction, OR 97523
Ê Phone (541) 592-6115, email: info@buckcanyon.com. Over 50 different peony cultivars

Full Bloom Farm
2330 Tuttle Lane, Lummi Island, WA 98262
Phone: 360-758-7173, email: info@fullbloomfarmpeonies.com. Over 60 different peony cultivars

The Garden Window
1425 Essex Way, San Jose, CA 95117, USA
Tel/Fax: (408) 364-2156, e-mail: info@fullbloomfarmpeonies.com. Tree peonies, imported from China

Midwest United States

Gilbert H Wild and Son
P.O. Box 338, Sarcoxie, MO 64862-0338
Phone: (888) 449-4537, fax: (888) 548-6831. Over 70 different peony cultivars

Hidden Springs Flower Farm
813 Elm St., Anoka, MN 55303-2823
Phone: (763) 218-4540. Almost 300 different peony cultivars

Hollingsworth Nursery
28747 290 Street, Maryville, Missouri 64468
Telephone: 660/562-3010; Fax: 660/582-8688; E-mail: hpeonies@asde.net. Over 100 different peony cultivars

Homestead Farms Nursery
3701 Highway EE, Owensville, Missouri 65066
Phone or Fax: 573-437-4277; Toll Free: 888-314-3148; E-mail: ronv@fidnet.com. Over 60 different peony cultivars

New Peony Farm
P.O. Box 18235, St Paul, MN 55118
Phone: 651-457-8994. Over 100 different peony cultivars

Peonies.net (Bannister Garden Center)
P.O. Box 14, Raymore MO 64083
Phone: 816-763-4664, Fax 816-767-8066, Email: bgc11@mindspring.com. Over 100 different peony cultivars

The Peony Garden
95 Franklin St, Center Point, Iowa 52213
Phone: (319) 849-1516, email: mr_mac_33@yahoo.com. Over 100 different peony cultivars

Peony Seeds (Ribbon Nursery)
P.O. Box 82, Bonners Ferry ID 83805
Email: info@peonyseeds.com. Only sell seed for peonies - 8 species, and a mixed bunch of hybrids and tree peonies.

Reath's Nursery
N-195 County Rd. 577, Vulcan, MI 49892
Phone: 906-563-9777, email: reathnur@up.net

Song Sparrow Perennial Farm (formerly Klehm's Nursery)
13101 E. Rye Road, Avalon, Wisconsin 53505
Toll free: 800-553-3715, fax: 608-883-2257, email: info@songsparrow.com. Over 200 different peony cultivars (almost half are tree peonies).

Swenson Gardens
PO Box 164, Delano, MN 55328-0164
Phone: 763-350-2051, email: info@swensongardens.com. Over 70 different peony cultivars

Eastern United States

Peony Land
P.O. Box 910, 475 Church Road, Richlandtown, PA 18955
Phone: 215-536-9388, fax: 215-529-7128, email: michaelhsu@peonyland.com. Tree peonies only

Peony Meadows
4344 Stony Point Road, Keswick, VA 22947
Phone: 434-973-3431, email: weirich@peonymeadows.com. Over 50 different peony cultivars

New England

Frost Hill Farm Peony Nursery
979 Frost Hill Rd., Belmont, VT 05730
Phone: (802) 259 - 2716. Not a good website, but claim to have over 300 peony cultivars.

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Last revised March 10, 2010