Itoh peonies, with their huge flowers, unique colors, and sturdy stems are a new development in the gardening world.

AS LONG AS there have been peonies, breeders have been frustrated because no one could figure out a way to cross a tree peony with an herbaceous one. Then, in 1948, after thousands of attempts, Toichi ...

Some of our peonies march on into June, showing off, spreading fragrance and adding delight to the flower beds. Most of our peonies came down from grandmother, the herbaceous kind that look like ...

Some garden tools I love: Peony Flowers! Peonies are easily one of my favorite plants in the garden. Their flowers may not last a long time but they simply can't be beat! But have you heard of Itoh ...

IT WAS A peony rant that made me a fan of garden writer Henry Mitchell. I think it was in his book “The Essential Earthman” that The Washington Post columnist took on a reader’s lament that peonies ...

With today’s rush to get new garden plant varieties to market, it will come as no surprise to any gardener that sometimes the evaluation of those new introductions doesn’t necessarily support the ...

Why do we want what we don’t have? We want curly hair if we have straight. We want a view when we live in the flats. We want peonies if we garden in Southern California while gardeners in other places ...

We are blessed with a long growing season in the coastal Bay Area, but sometimes our good fortune is also our bad luck. Just ask peony lovers, and there are many, who have tried to get herbaceous ...

In the late 1940s, amid the rubble of the Second World War, Dr Toichi Itoh was quietly working away to make the world a more beautiful place. With a lifelong fascination for one of the most iconic ...

This article was published 11/06/2011 (5394 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. My grandmother loved her peonies. Every spring, just as the last of the winter snow vanished and ...