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What is your favorite mail-order source for peony roots or plants??

I've been trying to add to my peony collection and thought it might be helpful to share sources! Any go-to mail order sources you use that you think should be better known? I'm a bit of a cheapskate so I've used a lot of the more inexpensive all purpose sources, but if you know of any that deliver good quality at higher prices, I'd love to add them! Sources I've found:


Cheaper/not peony specialists but may have questionable quality:


Untested (by me!):

Anything I'm blatantly missing? Anything inaccurate? What have your experiences been? I'll continue to update the list as responses come in!



Thanks!

Comments (16)

  • 5 years ago

    You can take Songsparrow off your list as their last day for any sales is November 30. After that they will be closed.

    Aaron Rosarian Zone 5b thanked maifleur03
  • 5 years ago

    @maifleur03 for good? that's sad!

  • 5 years ago

    I think they’ll just be done for the year, right?

  • 5 years ago

    Not just done for the year. Done for ever. They were having major financial problems and decided to close. Their last sale date is November 30th according to the email I received.

    Aaron Rosarian Zone 5b thanked maifleur03
  • 5 years ago

    that's super sad! Well I guess buy what you can there until then, everyone :(

  • 5 years ago

    That is super sad! I just ordered from them too.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Blooming Bulb had some decent prices, and the stock didn't look bad when I ordered in 2020(winter). So far out of 20 bulbs ordered, most have come back, I'm still holding out hope it's still to early for everything to be up. We shall see.


    Gilbert H Wild had decent prices, some buy one, get one. I didn't buy anything, well peonies. I've had hit and miss on the day lilies though so I'm hesitant on anything else.


    It's tough to buy peonies online because it can take so long to get an actual bloom. As long as you are at least happy it lived to the next year that can be good but it may still end up a wrong color or whatever.

  • 5 years ago

    I've used and been happy with Adelman, A&D nursery in Washington state, and Songsparrow. I also visited Adelman in person and the peony fields were beautiful!

  • 5 years ago

    Has anyone tried Green Garden Farm? There's a $20 price difference for Auten's Pride between them and Hollingsworth and I want to be sure I'm not missing something.

  • 5 years ago

    Very sad that Song Sparrow close last year. We were able to visit their nursery and purchased a few peonies and other plants before they closed.

  • 5 years ago

    Songsparrow may be resurrected based on a posting by someone on FB stating that it was. I do question their statement that they purchased all the stock from Klehm because I am aware of at least three nurseries who split the peonies among them based on their specialty. Gilbert Wild's latest flyer mentioned that they had purchased their inventory of daylily's. Based on this I would be cautious and not expect the same plants as before. I suspect that they purchased the trade name and perhaps not the stock.

  • 5 years ago

    I did read the GW flyer regarding their inventory purchase. Thanks for your insight..

  • 4 years ago

    Thanks for the list!

  • 4 years ago

    I impulsively bought Costco’s offer of five dfifferent bare root peonies. They seemed well sized and healthy.

  • 3 years ago

    There's a new peony farm in Wisconsin. I'm seeing ads on FAcebook. Anyone heard of them?

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