One of the earliest accounts of tree peonies was written by Ou-yang Hisu (1007-1072) and is titled “Record of the Tree Peonies of Loyang.” In this account Hisu says “as for the tree peony, this has no name but is merely referred to as ‘flower,’ meaning that in the empire the tree peony is the […]

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Peonies do best where there is a very cold winter like Wisconsin and Vermont.  Move peonies in the fall, preferably in September.    At the conclusion of a slide presentation extolling the virtues of various tree and herbaceous peonies, she surprised us.  Her new found love is the Itoh peony, a cross between the tree […]

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David Culp, grower, gardener, and soon to be author spoke at Ladew Topiary Garden in Monkon, Maryland during the Garden Festival this May.  His historical overview of garden styles showed the formality of Versailles to the English picturesque style of nature.  Williamsburg, Mr. Culp noted, had a great influence on American gardening.  “Now the clipped […]

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The American Impressionists in the Garden, currently on view at Cheekwood’s Museum of Art, includes a very large painting in the entrance gallery that holds every visitor’s attention.  Edmund Tarbell’s In the Orchard (1891) has all the formal elements of a true impressionist painting: vibrant light, animated brushwork, and the casual atmosphere of a leisurely spent […]

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Now through September 5, 2010 Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art in Nashville, Tennessee  will present The American Impressionists in the Garden, an exhibition exploring the theme of the garden in American art and society of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  The exhibition features approximately forty paintings depicting European and American gardens by […]

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Westonbirt, the National Arboretum of England, is using a method to grow new plants from some of the collection’s oldest and rarest rhododendrons. The technique, known as air layering, tricks the plants into growing new roots from their branches. The roots produced are often stronger than those grown from cuttings because they have the live plant […]

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