Buy now is a good suggestion. Although their website mentions they are working on their 2020 catalog they have sold off the majority of their peony plants either to Hollingsworth or Solaris Farms.

Are they going out of business? I saw something about their retirement and they sold the company. Wonder what the poop is now. I've only ordered from them once in the past -- I'm more curious than anything.

As of 4/3/19:

Greetings from Song Sparrow Farm & Nursery-

As many of you may be aware, the Klehm Family has retired from the horticulture industry after 3 generations of nurserymen. Over the years, Roy Klehm has introduced many new plant varieties including woody introductions as well as herbaceous plants, many of which are Daylilies, Tree Peonies, Herbaceous Peonies and Hosta. He has worked with several breeders to introduce some of the best shade trees, Crabapples, Magnolias and Lilacs in the industry.

As of spring 2019, Song Sparrow is now under new ownership. A neighboring farmer has purchased Song Sparrow and is fully committed to the 2019 shipping season. We will continue to work hard to get as many plants as possible into the hands of our garden fanatic customers this year. We have the same awesome staff and quality plants, as always. In addition to our 60 greenhouses of perennials, trees and shrubs, acres of peonies and daylilies, we have also been propagating and growing many liners for our sister company, Beaver Creek, which is now going thru its own change in ownership. Basically we have 3 generations of stock on hand ranging from large garden ready, bare root plants to trays of plugs. We are encouraging our customers to send us their ‘wish list’ items and we would be happy to review our inventories for you.

We would be amiss if we didn't take a moment to thank you, our valued customers, for the trust you place in us and the friendships we have made along the way. So, thank you. Our customers are the best!

Wishing you a great year in the garden!

The staff at Song Sparrow

Except gardengal I know and have spoken to Nate Bremer and Don Hollingsworth. Nate has acquired the tree peony stock and the person who purchased Hollingsworth Peonies has acquired the herbaceous. I do not know about the intersectionals. The selling of Songsparrow was part of the bankruptcy agreement. Songsparrow's largest inventory was in plants other than peonies.

I can find nothing about any bankruptcy. The nursery is still in business, just under new ownership. And it was sold because the Klehm's were wanting to retire, not because of any financial issues that I am aware of or that have been publicized (as a bankruptcy would have been).

It is not unusual for a growing nursery to sell off stock, especially with a change of ownership and the new owners being less comfortable with that product line.

That is fine. It is known in the trade that Songsparrow filed. I have not been interested enough to find out if the sale was enough to settle the bankruptcy or not. Given Roy's age it is a very early retirement.

Most of the article has been archived but this will confirm that at least Hollingsworth purchased part of Klehm's peony stock. https://nodawaybroadcasting.com/2019/09/06/hollingsworth-peonies-largest-peonies-farm-in-nation-after-wisconsin-plants-transfer/?fbclid=IwAR2Chu47B6Ac1uu26tPcNwgtD7K2c9REQSuaTs_oyS1aTDgweZvCpoN_NDc