The New Zealand Paeony Society Inc.

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FIELD DAYS 2009 (16kb pdf)

New Growers Manual Documents:

• Peony LBAM Presentation: Jill McLaren (4.8mb ppt)

Welcome to the new website of the New Zealand Paeony Society!

The New Zealand Paeony Society’s purpose is to foster knowledge of paeonies and to participate in their growth, production and uses.

This website can be used in a number of different ways:

1. For members of the Society we will be using this website as a major tool for technology transfer over the next few years. This should bring efficiencies and cost savings to the running of the Society
2. Prospective new members to the Society will be able to make contact with the Secretary
3. Commercial buyers of cut flower will be able to use this site to link up with New Zealand based flower exporters
4. Keen home gardeners will also be able to use this site to find out about growing paeonies successfully.

Some facts:

• New Zealand growers, in association with leading exporters, pioneered delivering premium paeonies to markets.
• Due to our climate, New Zealand paeonies have bigger bud size, clearer and stronger colours.
• New Zealand growers can offer the full range of colours, available from: Coral, whites, light and dark reds and all pinks.
• Due to our seasonal timing, growers can offer preferred colours for American Thanksgiving, or reds for Christmas.
• Availability of seasonal supply extends as various regions within New Zealand come on stream.
• New Zealand paeony production has increased rapidly in the last ten years, so much so that paeonies are the fourth largest cut-flower export crop from New Zealand.