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Growers of rare and unusual peonies. See our website www.treepeony.com
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01/01/2025

Our 2025 peony catalog is live! Over 50 varieties of tree peonies and 30 herbaceous peonies. These premium plants are field grown and will ship this fall.
www.treepeony.com

02/25/2023

Here’s a sunny serotonin bump while winter is having a late season tantrum of ice, snow and sub-freezing temps. As of this posting, we have very limited quantities of Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii (aka Molly the witch) seedlings available but if you act fast you can be the envy of your fellow gardeners 😏

01/28/2023

Happy Year of the Rabbit! 兔年快樂！

One day left to save 10% on all RED PEONIES! Link to collection in bio.
#牡丹 #芍藥

09/08/2022

We’ll be bringing a wonderful tapestry of colors and textures to the Rare and Unusual Plant Sale this weekend! Tickets are available via the link in our profile! We hope to see you there!

08/31/2022

🌱Plant sale 🌱 On Sunday, September 11 we will be for their rare and unusual plant sale! We will be combing our stock for the most delightful specimens (you know we will have a few items of the variegated leaf variety 😉) and we hope to see you there! We’ll be in good company with many other vendors so it’s a perfect one stop shop for those of you local-ish to Connecticut (or willing to drive) to find some gorgeous specimens. Check the link in our profile to take you to the details. Hot tip: advance tix are $10, day of its $12!

07/08/2022

⏰Appointments only!⏰ It’s the time of year where we turn our focus to the infrastructure projects at Cricket Hill Garden, so we ask that if you’d like to visit, please contact us by phone or email to set up a time where we will be available to assist you. We are adding inventory to our website for many of our grafted fruit and ornamental trees, one-of-a-kind tree peony seedlings, and herbaceous peonies for fall shipping. You can sign up for email notifications on plants listed as coming soon on the product page.

06/13/2022

🎪A sucker is born every minute 🎪Let’s talk about herbaceous root suckering on grafted tree peonies! We graft tree peony scions onto herbaceous rootstock which gives it a great jumpstart, however the herbaceous rootstock can get a little too vigorous and start sending up shoots of it’s own. Although it may seem like you’re getting a two-fer, if left alone the herbaceous can decrease the vigor of your tree peony and lead to it’s decline. To protect your tree peony, you’ll want to cut the herbaceous shoots back until they stop coming up. The main differences between the herbaceous and tree peony shoots that you’ll be able to spot are: the leaf shape and texture (herbaceous leaves are more oval with smooth edges and a shinier texture, tree peony leaves have a more scissored edge and a matte leaf), the bud shape (herbaceous look like round gum balls, tree are more tear drop shaped), and the height of the new shoots (particularly with younger plants, if the shoot os taller than the whole plant, it is probably herbaceous rootstock). If you’re unsure whether it is new tree peony shoots or herbaceous suckering, wait until you are sure before cutting and always feel free to email us a picture for confirmation! To nip this problem in the bud (heh), plant any new, grafted plants with the graft union 3-4” below the soil line (we mark the proper depth with red tape when we send out our plants) because the deeper planting will help to discourage the herbaceous suckers! Check out these photos, can you tell who’s who?!

05/31/2022

🎀Bloom report 🎀 As we finish up the month of May we have a little bit of everything blooming right now! The herbaceous peonies are getting started and some of the first blooms of the intersectional peonies have arrived as well. The last of the hybrid tree peony blossoms have withstood heat and heavy rain, just making sure you have a chance to see them so don’t delay! We are open to visitors 10-4 Tuesday-Saturday. It’s free to visit and we have a great selection of potted peonies to take home for your own . See you soon!

05/24/2022

👾Dahlia sale!👾 Click the link in our bio and pick up some dahlias at 22% off, no code needed! Yes, of course, we gotta be present in the moment and enjoy the beautiful flowers of spring! But we also need to plan ahead, and you’ll thank yourself in October when much of the flower season has passed but your dahlias are still going bananas until the first frost. We have a lot of gorgeous varieties, Lilac Time is pictured here. You can dig, store and divide the tubers each year or plant them as annuals, we’ll never tell! 😏

05/23/2022

The last ten days have seen the Chinese zhongyuan, rockii and Japanese tree peonies reach peak bloom. Its been a great year for tree peonies so far. While the heat of the last few days has hastened the end of the Chinese and Japanese cultivars, the hybrid tree peonies are just beginning and cool weather is in the forecast for the next week!

In order of appearance we have:
‘Blue Sea Green Waves’ 藍海綠波
‘Yao’s Yellow’ 姚黃
‘Multi-Colored Butterfly’ 花蝴蝶
‘Rose Scattered with Gold’ 玫瑰撒金
‘Naniwa Brocade’ 浪花錦
‘Amethyst Bunting’ this cultivar has a Chinese name that I need to find
‘Glory of the Sun and Moon’日月同輝
‘Murder of Crows’ 群烏

#牡丹
#花王

05/20/2022

☁️Bloom Report☁️ With blazing hot temps scheduled for this weekend, we are near the end of our early season Chinese tree peony bloom, but fear not! The Japanese cultivars and Rockii types are nearing their peak and the hybrid tree peonies are just getting started. We’ll also be seeing the herbaceous peonies starting to bloom around the end of next week. We still have a lot of potted plants available for sale here at the nursery with some tempting buds to take home and enjoy in your own garden. We hope to see you soon!

05/16/2022

🌸Bloom Report🌸 Early season Chinese tree peonies are blooming! In the next few days the rockii and Japanese cultivars will be joining them. The weather has warmed up quite quickly and the blossoms and foliage around the garden are leaping out with excitement. We are open for visits Tuesday-Saturday 10-4, come be enchanted! Please note that our upper parking lot is closed as it is currently inhabited by several hundred potted plants.

Address

670 Walnut Hill Rd
Thomaston, CT
06787

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

(860) 283-1042

Website

http://www.treepeony.com/, http://twitter.com/#!/PeonyHeaven, http://www.youtube.com/user/CricketHillGarden, http://www.

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