The National Peony Show was held in Regina this year on June 25/26, at Government House, one of our Heritage Buildings. I am dedicating this journal to my Ottawa friend Myrtle who is bravely battling cancer and who has her own peonies. This is also for Lisa, my young botanist friend from New Zealand.

From my internet research, I have been able to determine that there are two basic types of peonies - garden (herbaceous) peonies, and tree peonies.

Garden (herbaceous)varieties are the most common type. There are over 5000 named ... (more)