I wonder if anyone can share extra information on peonies as cut flowers. I interested in having those for vase, not only enjoying them in the garden. I've seen some suggestions that you should not harvest more than 30% of flowers after 3rd year ( and none before that ), but I honestly doubt that peony growers are harvesting only 30% of available stems with buds. So how much are they getting? I guess some cultivars are producing more stems/flowers than another and some of them are recovering better. Duchesse de Nemour is one of the highest yield, as far as I remember. SB was the one which was actually increasing vase life after refrigerating storage.
Does anyone know any info about new cultivars?
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I was actually surprised that DDN yield was 25 stems and HB is only 3.3. It is certainly a better producer for me, but I do not know if there were any restrictions placed during those studies. Climate certainly plays a biggest role for different cultivars. Anything from the North?
