Peony Alexander Woollcott

Paeonia Alexander Woollcott is an Early Peony Hybrid, semi-double, red, fire-engine crimson, large flowers, strong stems, average height 24 inch / 61 cm, [Albiflora X Lobota] (Saunders, USA, 1941).
Originator: A. P. Saunders
Group: Hybrid
Height: 24"
Bare root size: 3/5 eye
Perennial Box Size (standard) = 24" x 16" x 9" or, 60cm x 40cm x 23cm

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Peony Alexander Woollcott is one of the many red Peonies that are being grown on the Peony Nursery of 'Peony Shop Holland'.

Professor A. P. Saunders Hybrids

Peony Alexander Woollcott has been breed by Professor A.P. Saunders a chemistry Professor at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York during the early part of the 20th century, Professor Saunders is today considered the "Father" of the modern hybrid peony. He carried out extensive, scientifically based breeding programs with both herbaceous and Tree Peonies with the assistance of friends at the New York Botanical Garden. His Tree Peony work centered on the intercrossing of two species, the yellow flowered P. lutea and the orange-red P. delavayi with existing classical Japanese Moutan varieties. The resultant progeny produced a range of flower colors from lemon and golden yellow to ivory and pearl shades frequently blended and suffused with purple and pink, plus a few strawberry-red cultivars. In all cases, the flowers are displayed above attractive cut-leaf foliage. Eventually his daughter, Silvia took over her father's nursery, and after several decades Professor Saunder's hybrids are still in great demand by gardeners worldwide.

About peony nursery "Peonyshop.com" Peony Shop Holland, Lutjebroek, the Netherlands

Peony Growers Peony Shop Holland peonyshop.com at this time exclusively centers at exclusive, outstanding superior quality peonies. This wasn't always the case. This corporation comes with an unique history with the starting point in the year 1875 together with Simon Scholten who also had been growing veggies for her income.

During 2001 this business manufactured their distinctive innovative advertising-name & logo "Peonyshop.com" and they began centering on growing exceptional peonies. During the year 2002 the particular firm launched their own on-line peonyshop.com with Peonies & Buxus. Throughout 2003 Joshua Scholten started out with raising peonies. Than in year 2004 this institution started to export peonies from the Netherlands all-around European countries, Usa and also Asian countries.

Currently our peony nursery is specialized in expanding and increasing the number of exceptional, good quality peony roots that are offered for sale and released throughout the world. In addition the particular firm also reduce peonies largely helping the Dutch peony flower sector.

The most important things we pride:
  • The top quality of our own product
  • Our capacity to foreign trade world-wide
  • The best substantial collection of red peonies like Alexander Woollcott
  • Our Peony Nursery of large full potential red Peonies for cut-flower production.

Growing Alexander Woollcott a red Peony flower

The fall season is usually the perfect moment if you ponder growing a peony plant. These peony plants have proven to be extremely long-term-lived plants sustaining nearly 50 to a maximum of seventy yrs, so once an individual have the peonies planted rightly, a person will definitely have fun with the peonies for a long time. Peonies have a preference for a sunny spot having a well-drained ground. A good quality air circulation available the peonies can also be important and vital. These kinds of milieu assist this type of plants to avoid disease issues. To prepare the sowing hole intended for a bare-root peony, dig the soil into a depth around 12-18". Use garden tools to release the sides of the seeding hole as well. It truly is especially important and vital that the "eye", or growth nodes, located nearby the base of the old stem, end up no greater than 2 inch below the soil surface area.