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To grow our farm, we need to invest in it, and this year we went big on peonies. This video is the unboxing of those peonies, and are these peony roots ever massive! We are really excited about all these varieties of peonies, as they are a mix of early, mid, and late season peonies, in lots of our fav best selling colours. Now we have enough for a massive field of peonies, that will provide for us for many years to come. It’s going to be hard not to let a bunch of flowers bloom, just so we can see what we have with our own eyes. 3 years of waiting till they are mature, that will be tough!
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34 Comments
I love this content 🤩 Serina is the world's coolest person ❤
You will be needing hired help next year. The farm is growing so much that you and Ian won't be able to maximize the potential by yourselves. But what do I know.
The Sarah Bernhardt Peony is an old time peony that smells beautiful. Each bud on the root will be a stem or flower next year. So I would pick them. I don’t think it weakens the plant. However from having a flower farm maybe different rules from a home garden. Some of those roots had a lot of buds so the plant should be mature enough to flower. Definitely get with a florist and sell the peonies. Springtime is prime wedding and peony season. I plant sweet William too. In my area they both bloom at the same time. Looks very pretty together. I have do tell peony in my garden. Very distinct color and look. I have over 30 peony varieties in my garden in zone 7. You made good choices with what you picked.
Paeonia lactiflora 'Duchesse de Nemours' a white with pale yellow centers!
i feel like christmas all the peony its so exiting the golden honey yellow
barbie pink is a beauty and brother chuck heck i love them all i have been waiting for this video i love peony
Gorgeous, Serina! Great choices!
Less and less weddings. Maybe be open.inded to funerals too
The Angel Cheeks look so cute!!
exciting. would loved to have had a small tutorial on how to plant those roots. How deep? which end up? etc thx
I love my candy stripe peony it only has a few stripes per bloom.Blooms end of may here in 6a.The scent is wonderful.The future of peonies on your land tickles my heart.❤
I wish you good luck with your Flowers! 🌺🌺🌺 Greetings from Flowers Zone Albania 🇦🇱
Etched Salmon and Lemon Chiffon are the 2 peonies I splurged on, can't wait to see them bloom I hope.
I've planted a bunch of Itoh (pronounced ee-toe, named after Toichi Itoh who successfully hybridized them) peonies in my garden, and the new one I'm really looking forward to is the Yellow Crown variety. Itohs tend to be more expensive, so I'm not sure how feasible it is as a cut flower, but if you need a different yellow in your personal collection…!
A couple other beautiful Itohs are Canary Brilliants and All That Jazz – and there are so many more.
Where are the burgundy ones ❤😊
I hope you get to choose your shipping date. In Alberta, we're usually under a few feet of snow already!
Green Halo and Green Lotus 💚🌿
Peonies are my very favorite flower.
Watching this I immediately wanted to order some peony’s. I have 8 peony plants. I would love to have more. Anyway I am 66 and we had a large peony bush at my family home and it’s still alive! We also had a lilac bush (still there too). My parents liked the switches from it! LOL. Congrats on the amazing order.
I hope you're still making videos in 5 yrs so we can see the peonies bloom!!!!
I have been watching you and your farm. My son is starting an organic vegi farm, and I am wanting to have a small flower farm. I'm picking up a lot from your teaching. Was going to ask why are you not growing peonies? I will be watching, very excited! How about dahlias?
We are looking to relocate from Florida to Tennesse. Love your farm ❤
Pics of coral varieties are a bit misleading, they're shown right before petals fell of, they are much brighter. Love those. Of those which you dont have in this order I love mothers choice, old faithful. What else… owen cousins, obviously pastelegance and etched salmon but those are quite expensive. Light yellows like sunny girl, sunny boy, lemon chiffon i like theoretically – havent seen those in person.
Wow can't wait to see the field in bloom! Thinking I should've done that for my old age (now!) to fall back on for cutting. Always thought they bloomed too early before my market started…like tulips. Don't want to put in the money/effort into my small market farm if they bloom too early. I need to research this more…so glad for all the info. you guys are great.
Did you ever think of CSA? Might take the stress off you, soynds lije you have a good base of regular customers. Farmers markets can be extra.
My Pink Hawaiian Coral were spectacular last year. And I say that having Coral Charm too.
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Looking fwd to future bouquets. White scented peonies are a favorite, but love all varieties!
I think for the coming up year you should try growing a certain type of exotic fruit that no one eles has too so it can help bring more people into the flower too
I live in Florida but peonys are my favorite flower. Went camping to Alaska and just loved all the gardens with them. One lady at a campground gave me a bloom, a pretty white, and it lasted forever.
Peonies are my FAVORITE flowers!
It makes me so happy to see someone else gushing about them, too.
I only have ten peonies in my suburban garden. I'm looking to add to that collection, but it's difficult to decide on varieties. So many choices…and I'm a Libra. 🥴
Of the varieties I have, 'Paula Faye' is #1 on my list, I have two. They're early so I have to look quick before they're finished. The display is breathtaking. I have a 'Do Tell' next to my driveway for about 20 years. It hasn't been as abundant in blooms lately and I am considering lifting it. Perhaps it's gotten buried under amendments and mulch. I have a "hedge" of peonies under my bedroom window. 'Gay Paree' and a similar style whose name escapes me. It's funny, I bought them from a peony farmer and told him the size of the space. I thought 5 plants should fit. He said, "No. 3 is enough." Wow! He was right. They grow as big as a shrub. I also bought 'Moonstone' variety because the farmer said that was his favorite. I stored that plant in my garage for ten years! I couldn't decide where to plant it. I'd bring it outside every summer to get some sun. Toward the end, it was a spindly single stem. I finally planted it 3 years ago. This year, oh my! It had 16 gorgeous white double blooms. Heavy blooms.
I always intend to harvest buds at the marshmallow stage to extend the season and you can miss it by one day. I'm in Minneapolis, Minnesota (recently rezoned to 5a) and we've had really hot springs and even hotter summers with little rain. The latter helps keep the mildew at bay.
I've always cut back the foliage at end of season, but this year didn't get around to it at my usual time. The fall color was spectacular. Deep russet red. In future, I won't be so hasty to clean up.
I have a couple blush/white peonies that came with the house so I don't know their names. They bloom at different times so they're probably different varieties.
I have a magenta that was gorgeous in the beginning, but neglect and weeds have diminished its beauty. I planned to move it this fall, again, timing. Next year. It sent a runner a couple feet away. I didn't know peonies could spread in that way.
I want to order plants now so I don't miss out. 'Angel Cheeks' is on the list. I'd heard about the fragrance. I'm thinking of trying 'Itoh' peonies to replace some out-of-control Ilex shrubs to shield a front patio area. I loke that peonies die back to the ground. Makes snow shoveling easier.
Amazing collection. You are thinking long term. I love my pink peonies, which flower in a part shade setting. All your peonies look great – i think the coral ones looked the most unique. I think considering the time when they bloom, the pink, coral and white are your best bet. The red and maroon ones also are bright and good but probably not as useful for spring/ early summer bouquets.
Planting now?!?!
December?!?!
Need MORE VIDEOS, please. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Miss America, Ann Cousin, Bowl of Cream. Any of whites for florists. Old Faithful, all corals for flower shops