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Five Points Peony Farm

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Five Points Peony Farm

Welcome to Five Points Peony Farm, a home-based grower of herbaceous peonies in Clayton, DE. We sell only bare root material and no longer offer containers.
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We carry a number of American Peony Society Gold Medal winners as well as single and double form peonies. Currently we are not in the position to accept visitors to tour the fields. So sorry for the inconvenience.

09/02/2024

Happy Labor Day!

It's now September and time to start digging peonies.

08/24/2024

I had a couple request for the bare root availability list which I just sent out so, if you requested a copy via email, check your in box or ...horrors....your spam filter. I like to think that Five Points doesn't fall under spam but, you know, that's computers for you. 😉

08/23/2024

Dig season starts September 1st. Time to get your order in. Those who order early get their new roots first. We dig until the end of October.

Pictured is Bowl Of Beauty.

08/13/2024

September will be here before you know it and so will the beginning of our bare root dig season. It's time to get orders in so you can be added to the dig list. Those who order early get their new roots sooner. I even send a handy "How To Plant Bare Root" sheet along with each order. If you would like an availability list please send me a message with your email or mailing address and I will get one out to you. I start digging orders as of September 1st and continue through the end of October.

08/07/2024

It looks like the next few days will be rainy. We are due to have the remnants of hurricane Debbie pass over us. No outside work unless I want to squeeze it in between rain bands. At least it will take some of the heat and humidity we have been having with it as it moves on past. The week following looks wonderful weather-wise. After all this rain there will be mowing to do (bless my Zero Turn) and w**d pulling. At least there is always something to do.

07/30/2024

All of the bare root availability list have been sent. The snail mail version was dropped to the post office yesterday. All email versions have been sent. If you didn't receive one and would like to be included on the "mailing" list, please drop me a message on Facebook or call ( leave me a message please) and I can get one out to you. Digging begins September 1st!

07/23/2024

The bare root availability list is ready and I sent out the first batch this morning so it is time to check your email (or spam filter ☹️). If you haven't received your copy it is coming soon. Snail Mail copies will be sent out soon as well. I just have to print them out.

If you are not on the mailing list but would like a copy for your very own, flash me an email or address and I can get one out to you.

I start digging on September 1st and generally dig until the end of October. I also send out a "how to" sheet with each order to guide you as you plant your new bare root peonies. It is surprisingly easy. Digging is first come, first served so the earlier you order the sooner you get your new acquisitions. Sorry, we are not set up for payments via credit or debt cards. My bank also has problems with Venmo and other cash apps. I think they are scared to death of fraud, like most banks. I do not cash your check until your order is dug and on its way to you.

Questions, concerns? You can drop me an email, message or call. I promise to call you back if you promise to leave me a message. I'm happy to help if I can.

In the meantime, thank you all for following us and have a great rest of the summer. Fall will be here before you know it.

07/18/2024

I have been working on the fall dig list and it should be ready to send out soon. I also would like to ask, that if you call me, please leave a message so I can get back to you. My phone number is also my personal number and I have been getting a ton of spam calls. The only way to get them to leave me alone is by not answering any number I don't recognize. Much as I love you all, I don't have all of your phone numbers committed to memory, so, please leave me a message. It spares me having to deal with some telemarketer that I really don't want to talk to and gives me the ability to talk to folks - like you - that I enjoy talking to about peonies.

Thanks a bunch!

07/04/2024

Wishing everyone a Happy 4th of July. Enjoy the parades, bands, fireworks and, most of all, your family.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!

07/01/2024

It rained! Finally! And I didn't even have to pull the rain dance costume out of the back of the closet. 😉

06/17/2024

Remember how I whined about all the rain we got in the spring? Yeah, I take that back. Please, please rain!

06/11/2024

Just to let you know that if your peonies have finished their flowering cycle it is time to feed. Feeding will promote root growth and, as I am fond of saying, the better the roots, the nicer the top. Generally, I feed twice a year; in the early summer after flowering and in the fall. Any good general plant food is fine but I tend to prefer Espoma's Bulbtone or bone meal. I like Bulbtone because it is well balanced for roots like peonies and, as a granular, it is slow release, feeding over a longer period of time than liquid feeds. Bone meal is also a good food for peonies, again because it can provide the needed nutrients to promote growth. It is important that you not spread your fertilizer on the crown of your peonies but around it where the feeder roots extend out. The crown does not take in food so there is no sense in wasting fertilizer. Please resist the urge to over do it. People often assume that if a little bit is good, a lot is better. It doesn't work that way with plants. Fertilizers are carried on salts since salt is readily water soluble. Too much salt is not good for any plant so follow the feeding instructions and avoid salt burn. Feeding now can lead to bigger, healthier peonies next year and, of course, more flowers. Nice! Class dismissed.

06/10/2024

We are now into June and the field is finished for the most part. There are a couple of small side buds here and there but it's done for the season. It was pretty while it lasted. Now I will start work on the fall bare root list, feed the plants and w**d, w**d, w**d. At least I have something to do. 😉

05/28/2024

We are just about at the end of our flowering season. With last week's heat and thunderstorms last night, the field has a lot of dropped petals and double peony flowers kissing the ground. Doubles always do this. The mass of petals catch the rain and the stems bend under the weight. I've run post and lines down the field to attempt to keep flowers off of the ground just so I can get the mower down the lines. In a home garden it is advisable to stake your peonies to hold their heads up. Single and Japanese forms, God love 'em, don't get the flops and they still make nice cuts and put on a nice show.

So, here are the last two. I tried to get a decent photo of Mrs. A. B. Franklin but the heat last week crisped the petals of the ones that did flower. Most are a bit young and should bloom next year. They don't look very sporty. Pictured are Shirley Temple and Elsa Sass. Elsa is always the last peony to flower in our field.

05/27/2024

Today is Memorial Day, a day to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Please take a moment to remember them and their families left behind. Some gave all for us to have what we take for granted this day. Bless them all.

05/24/2024

Two more varieties have started to flower. I'm getting down to the end. Only a couple more to go. Here's what started to bloom yesterday.

05/23/2024

Here is something you might find interesting. When wandering my fields, checking the plants, I found a double pink peony in the Sea Shell line. Now, Sea Shell is a nice, Japanese single pink but the double pink showed up on a plant that also produced single peonies. That, my friends, is what is referred to as a Sport. In horticultural terms, a Sport is a mutation, which does not look like the rest of the plant. Often this is a natural occurrence and is a neat way to find something new and different. This happened to some grower friends that I knew when they found a bright, stouter sedum in a stock lot of sedum Brilliant. They named it Neon because it stood out in their field like a neon sign. After a couple of years propagating the plant, they introduced it the the market. You can still buy it today cutesy of The Ivy Farm in Virginia.

So, maybe I have something, or maybe not. It is only a single stem and flower while the other three or four stems are definitely Sea Shell. I may collect seed and grow it on to see if the mutation is stable. I tend to doubt that I could isolate that section of root but maybe I'll try that in the fall. You never know. I've posted the pictures of both Sea Shell and my Sport. What do you think?

05/21/2024

Forgot one! Kansas.

05/21/2024

Warm and sunny and I am seeing dropped petals in the field. Early Scout and Santus are long finished blooming for this year and the earlier flowering forms are starting to drop petals as the side buds take over. It just seems to go all to quickly. Still, we are not done yet. A few more later flowering varieties have opened their first flowers. Here's the latest.

05/18/2024

I have four more photos to share of the four varieties that began to flower yesterday. Here they are.

05/17/2024

It was a windy day that felt more like a warm day in March than mid May but at least it wasn't raining. It will do that on Saturday so no mowing or working in the field.

I did have four more varieties open their first flowers today. For the most part, it was a red day since three out of the four are double reds.

05/15/2024

I was up and in the field this morning at 6 AM cutting flowers for an order. It's something I don't do a great deal because I am more geared to growing for bare root production than flowers. I don't disbud the peonies as a commercial floral grower would do but they have staff and I just have me. Still, I cut for friends, the occasional wedding and those who ask sweetly enough. 😉

Today rewarded me with some additional varieties beginning their bloom cycle. Check it out.

05/14/2024

The sun came out after a rather dreary Mother's Day and we have had a few more varieties greet this sunny Monday with open flowers. Opening today are Duchess de Nemours, Duchess de Orleans, Mrs. Wilder Bancroft, Tourangella, Felix Crouse, Festiva Maxima and Queen Of Sheba. I can say that the field is starting to smell very nice.

05/12/2024

Happy Mother's Day!

05/11/2024

I just had to share...my Virginia Fringe Tree; Chionanthus virginicus; is in full flower and it is just lovely. As you guessed from the name, this is a native, small, flowering tree. It is slightly fragrant. You kind of have to get close to catch the scent. They are slow growing but well worth the wait and are fairly tough. Mine came through a very serious hail storm several years ago and rewarded me with the best bloom the very next year.

05/11/2024

Another day, another couple of varieties starting to flower. Today we have Edulis Superba, Glowing Candles and Krinkled White opening their first flowers. Edulis Superba is one of the oldest commercial peony introductions, first being offered way back in 1824 which makes it an excellent peony for historical gardens. Glowing Candles is a pale pink Japanese form with petaloids arising from the center like a flame from a candle. It was introduced in 1966. Krinkled White was introduced in 1928 and sports white single flowers with bright yellow centers. Ours has a slight pink tint due to our recent cooler weather, something fairly common with white peonies. The pink will fade as the flowers continue to open becoming pure white.

05/09/2024

We've had some more varieties begin their flowering cycle today and one is a full double rather than the single forms that start the spring bloom season. Opening today are Mons. Jules Elie, a fragrant double pink; Sea Shell, a single pink and Bowl Of Beauty, a pink with a central puff of creamy petals. From now on, varieties will be opening their first flowers fast and furious. I have several showing lots of bud color so open flowers are not far off.

05/06/2024

Despite the dreary weekend weather two more varieties opened their first flowers of the season. Pictured are Do Tell and Miss America. Both are American Peony Society Gold Medal winners. Miss America won twice...not just for the outstanding flower but because no one remembered it had already one once. Oops!

05/02/2024

Good afternoon troopers. Our abnormally warm weather is pushing the field a bit faster, mostly the earlier flowering varieties. I was greeted today with Coral Charm in flower. I thought you would like to see so here's a picture. Nice, huh?

04/28/2024

A very pretty day with lots of sunshine and warm temperatures and look what greeted me this morning, another variety in flower. This is Sanctus, a single white cross between P. latiflora and P. officinalis. This is the only Saunders introduction that we have in our field and the second to flower in the spring, right behind Early Scout.

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Clayton, DE
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