If you have been following commercial peony growers at all, you will have come across Harvey Buchite and Hidden Springs Flower Farm. Harvey, along with a partner started a nursery business years ago. It was located just north of the Twin Cities. They moved to SW Minnesota and the following is an excerpt from their Read more
This past September 25, 2021, Minnesota Peony Society held its annual fall root auction at Bachman’s on Lyndale. About 80 people were in attendance and of these, 42 bidders acquired new plants. All 108 items were bare root peonies except for several lots of Martagon Lilies. The MPS auction is open to all, Read more
Virtual Art In Bloom Every year MPS sponsors an entry to the spring floral show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volunteer floral artists create a design inspired by a selected art piece. The MPS sponsored design was created by Denese Erickson (see: Flying Celestial ). She used peonies, lisianthus and more to Read more
Every Fall, Minnesota Peony Society holds a peony root auction for its members and the public. This event was held outside at the Lions Park in Cologne , MN. MPS felt that the outside, social distanced event would help distract from the stress of COVID-19 issues. Gardening was not cancelled in 2020 and so on […]Read more
A MPS member brought attention to a very good publication on the diseases of the peony. Here in the mid west we do experience some difficulties with problems. Powdery Mildew and Botrytis are common ones we see. MPS gets questions from time to time such as; “Why do my peonies not bloom?” Disease can be Read more
This year, MPS held its “Name the Peony Show” contest event at the fall auction at Bachman’s on Lyndale. The call was put out in the Fall newsletter and Cindy Larson collected the potential names from MPS members. This year, we had 19 different names submitted by 8 members. Each member is allowed Read more
This September 28th, 2019, Minnesota Peony Society held its annual root auction at Bachmans on Lyndale, Minneapolis. There was a total of 142 items in the auction donated by commercial growers and individual members. Thank you to all who donated! Nate and Kimberly Bremer Solaris Farms Mary Meullner Edina, MN Read more