Peony seeds? Worth the effort?

 I've been given some peony seeds and having had a quick read about
them it looks like a lot of faffing about...
Should I just throw them in a corner of the garden?
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 di@NOSPAMPLEASEmogga.com says...

 I found that tree peony,  P lutea germinate as easily as beans.. every
seed a winner. I just sowed them, fresh from the pod, in a pot, topped
with grit, and left them outside all winter in a coldframe. They
germinated the following spring and flowered 3 or 4 yrs later.

  Janet

 

I'm with you.  We went to a plant nursery in the autumn about 4 years ago
and the nice guy there gave us several seeds of tree peonies that were
growing round about.  I sowed them, overwintered them in my greenhouse and
continued to care for them into the spring.  I planted them out when they
were about 2 years old.  They flower every year, a lovely blood-red colour.
And they survived last year's very cold winter.  They can only get bigger
and better.

someone

 
mogga;901146 Wrote:

read about

You might lose them to mice, but yes they could grow there. Not sure
what advice
you have been given, all I have done in the past is to sow
them now in ordinary
compost and leave them somewhere rodent free, but
exposed to the weather. They
germinated in spring, or sometimes the
following spring, no messing about.




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 On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:45:55 +0000, Owdboggy


OK I'll do that. I think I can manage that - the thing I'd read was
about double dormancy and needing to use a fridge ... ;-/
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