Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-10 | Page 18 | In Your Own Garden

A Your Yo u r Own 0 w ij taud C FRh I DO YOU KNOW V THESE PEONIES Now that the peony planting season is In full swing I want to urge urge every reader of this department department department depart depart- ment to try at least one new variety of that finest of perennials If you are fond of red flowers you will like Jike the peony Mons Mans Mar Mar- Martin Martin tin Cahuzac which is certainly the darkest red you youcan can get The petals are a rich maroon crimson-maroon shiny and lustrous looking almost black blackin in some lights While this tills is not a large Jarge flower blooms are produced I ver very freely There are many golden stamens which look very charming among the peculiarly tinted petals This variety by all means should be present i in every well-regulated well collection of peonies in the amateurs amateur's amateurs amateur's ama ama- tours tour's garden Laura Dessert is one of the peonies peo peo- flies nies which approaches yellow It has an outer circle of petals of a lovely pale pink on first opening but which change to cream or very i faint primrose yellow as the flower ages The center is composed of of creamy creamy yellow and carpels carpels carpels car car- which give the flower lower a fluffy affect By many people this thi is re regarded regarded regarded re- re as the finest of the so-called so yellow peonies although is better known Is a a- rather flat flower with white creamy outer petals in a saucer shape and with the central bunch of short and narrow petals showing a decided pale yellow col col- col- col or Experts in peony culture differ greatly in their opinions of Laura Dessert and Some de de- de clare dare one to be superior some th the theother other it is the care th the plants receive and perhaps a difference difference difference dif dif- dif dif- ference in soils which makes fo for these variations in results Both peonies are rated almost equally by bythe bythe bythe the American Peony society Prim Prim- evere being 86 while Laura Dessert Desser is 88 They are arc excellent peonies to have in your our g garden Raoul Dessert is a peony that I like very much It is an unusually late bloomer which makes it de desirable desirable desirable de- de to prolong the season o of peony flowers and its color i is delightful delightful-a a really true shell pink very clear and clean There is also a distinct rose fragrance to this flower and take it all in all few varieties prove pro more satisfactory It richly deserves its rating of nine and had I been the sole judge I should have given it a higher stand stand- ing Reine Hortense is also a choice pink peony which is medium in price and lovely in all its habits The rose-pink rose blooms are very large witha with fluffy I appearance caused by the petals being notched or puckered at the tips This peony Is a a taller grower than many manyo am amit and it has good st strong ong stems which always remain upright having none of that drooping habit so aggravating aggravating aggravating aggra aggra- in many varieties One fault it has though though the the scent is rather unpleasant QUERIES Mrs S S. R R. M. M Murray writes Is Is the red hot poker hardy in inthis inthis inthis this climate I used to grow it in California and should like some here but I haven't seen it in any garden Ans Yes Yes it is hardy except In Inthe Inthe Inthe the very severest winters Many any local gardeners grow grow it IL