Oshawa Peony Festival 2017

2016 Peony Photo Contest

How it Works...

Submissions:
Post your best shots of peonies, taken any time or place, any shape or form, to our Facebook Event Page "CPS Peony Show". We will also accept email entries to di_braun@yahoo.ca. The contest is open from April 1st through to June 15th, midnight, for online entries.
Judges will select the best 20 photos as finalist to be displayed at the 2016 Peony Show on June 25 & 26th. You may be contacted for a higher resolution copy of your photo should it be chosen as a finalist entry. Only two entries permitted per person.

To Become an Automatic Finalist:
Bring your peony shot printed as a 5x7" photo, matte finish, directly to the Peony Show at the Enmax Conservatory on June 25th before 12pm. Your shot will automatically be considered a finalist and displayed for the contest. Please include your name and a phone number or email address with your photo. Please ensure it is legible and correct. Only two entries permitted per person.

Rules: 
The submitted photo(s) must be peony related. Otherwise all shape, forms, and artistic views are welcome. Include peony names if at all possible. Must be an original photo taken by the individual submitting the entry. Photo editing and filters are allowed as long as preservation of original subject matter is obvious. If submitted in person must be printed as a 5x7" matte photo. Contact information must be included in order to be notified if you win. Prizes must be picked up from a Calgary location (to yet be determined) within 2 weeks of being notified of winnings. Failure to retrieve your prize will cause forfeit of said prize to next designated winner. 
By submitting a photograph you grant The Canadian Peony Society a royalty-free, nonexclusive right during the Photo Contest to: Display the photograph on the CPS Peony Show Facebook page or to print for display at The Canadian Peony Society Show 2016. Allow third-parties to share the photograph on the following social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. Use the photograph on the Internet and in Social Media in support of the society.

Winners:
There will be a Judge's Choice and a People's Choice (voted on by show goers on June 25 & 26). Winners will be announced on Sunday June 26th, at noon. All decisions are final and are not disputable. If not present at the show... Facebook entry winners will be notified via Facebook unless otherwise requested. In person entries will be contact by the contact information provided.

Prizes:
For judges and peoples choice.... A lovely gardeners gift basket to be picked up at the show or other designated location in Calgary after the date and a print of your winning photo shipped to your home. And of course bragging rights for all winners and runner ups!

Follow us on Facebook at CPS Peony Show to be updated and to see posting of winners. Also find all other show info, including bloom entry instructions, and show schedule. 
Don't forget to stop by the show to see the photo entries and vote on your favourite!! We hope to see you there!!

June 25 & 26, 2016 at the Enmax Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo.

CPS Show Calgary, Alberta

The Canadian Peony Society

National Peony Show Schedule

Calgary, Alberta

The Canadian Peony Society’s National Peony Show will be held in Calgary, Alberta June 24 – 26, 2016.  It is at the Calgary Zoo and Botanical Gardens in the Enmax Conservatory.

Entries accepted:

Friday June 24               5:00pm-9:00pm

Saturday June 25           7:00am-8:00am

Show will be judged:

Saturday June 25           8:30am-11:30am

Show open to the Public:

Saturday June 25           12noon-5:00pm

Sunday June 26             9:00am-3:00pm

Show Schedule

1.        The show is open to any member of the general public upon paid entry to the Calgary Zoo.

2.        All entries must be placed by 8:15am Saturday June 25, 2016.

3.       Containers will be provided.

4.       In each class you may place up to 2 different cultivars.

5.       Each entry must have an entry tag with your name address and phone number. Entry tags will be provided.

6.       All plant material must be grown by the Exhibitor.  Peonies should have stems 10-12” with top leaves only.

7.       The decision of the judges is final.  The judges may withhold an award of the exhibit is not deemed worthy.

8.       Ribbons will be awarded for 1, 2, 3, 4^th place.  “Court of Honour” and “Grand Champion” will be also awarded.

9.       The Canadian Peony Society and the Calgary Zoo assume no responsibility for loss or damage.

10.   Go to peony.ca for more information.

SPECIMEN CLASSES

SINGLE

1.       Peony, single, red, 1 bloom

2.       Peony, single, dark red, 1 bloom

3.       Peony, single, white, 1 bloom

4.       Peony, single, light pink, 1 bloom

5.       Peony, single, medium pink, 1 bloom

6.       Peony, single, dark pink, 1 bloom

7.       Peony, single, any other color, 1 bloom

8.       Peony, single, any color, same variety, 3 blooms, one container

SEMI-DOUBLE

9.        Peony, SD, red, 1 bloom

10.    Peony, SD, dark red, 1 bloom

11.    Peony, SD, rosy red, 1 bloom

12.    Peony, SD, white, 1 bloom

13.    Peony, SD, light pink, 1 bloom

14.    Peony, SD, medium pink, 1 bloom

15.    Peony, SD, dark pink, 1 bloom

16.    Peony, SD, coral, 1 bloom

17.    Peony, SD, any other color, 1 bloom

18.    Peony, SD, red, same variety, 3 blooms, one container

19.    Peony, SD, white, same variety, 3 blooms, one container

20.    Peony, SD, pink, same variety, 3 blooms, one container

21.    Peony, SD, coral, same variety, 3 blooms, one container

DOUBLE

22.    Peony, D, red, 1 bloom

23.    Peony, D, dark red, 1 bloom

24.    Peony, D, rosy red, 1 bloom

25.    Peony, D, white, 1 bloom

26.    Peony, D, light pink, 1 bloom

27.    Peony, D, medium pink, 1 bloom

28.    Peony, D, dark pink, 1 bloom

29.    Peony, D, coral, 1 bloom

30.   Peony, D, any other color

31.   Peony, D, red, same variety, 3 blooms, one container

32.   Peony, D, white, same variety, 3 blooms, one container

33.   Peony, D, pink, same variety, 3 blooms, one container

34.   Peony, D, coral, same variety, 3 blooms, one container

JAPANESE/ANEMONE

35.   Peony, J/A, red, 1 bloom

36.   Peony, J/A, white, 1 bloom

37.   Peony, J/A, pink, 1 bloom

38.   Peony, J/A, any other color, 1 bloom

39.   Peony, J/A, any color, same variety, 3 blooms, one container

INTERSECTIONAL (Itoh Hybrid)

40.    Peony, Itoh, “Bartzella”, 1 bloom

41.   Peony, Itoh, “Garden Treasure”, 1 bloom

42.   Peony, Itoh, any other yellow, 1 bloom

43.   Peony, Itoh, red or bronze, 1 bloom

44.   Peony, Itoh, lavender or purple, 1 bloom

45.   Peony, Itoh, any other color than yellow, 1 bloom

TREE PEONY

46.   Tree Peony, single, any color, 1 bloom

47.   Tree Peony, D/SD, any color, 1 bloom

SEEDLING

48.   Any type, any color, 1 bloom

UNKNOWN BEAUTIES

49.   Peony, Unknown, red, 1 bloom

50.   Peony, Unknown, white, 1 bloom

51.   Peony, Unknown, light or medium pink, 1 bloom

52.   Peony, Unknown, dark pink, 1 bloom

53.   Peony, Unknown, same color, 3 blooms, same variety, one container

54.   Peony, Unknown, any color, 3 blooms, one container

55.   Peony, Unknown, any color, 5 blooms, one container

2016 Oshawa Peony Festival

For more information including the show schedule, photo & art contest please visit the website:
https://www.oshawa.ca/things-to-do/peony-festival.asp

2016 Peony Show

Request for Open Gardens

By Holly Pender-Love

One of the best ways to increase our membership and inform interested people about the wonderful improvement in peony culture is to invite them into our gardens. I encourage you to consider participating in the Canadian Peony Society 2016  " OPEN GARDENS" program.
We have been pleased in the past to offer members the opportunity to visit gardens all across Canada. Feedback indicates that those members who invite their local garden club to visit, and/or had a few special publicized open days were more successful in welcoming guests. If you have a Red Hat group in your area, chances are they would be thrilled to be invited. I notice that Carol Adelman is having a special "Red Had Day" at her nursery outside Portland, OR and I have shamelessly copied her idea!

Contact Holly at hplove8@telus.net with any questions about the program, and to indicate any changes you may wish make to your listing. New listings welcomed.
Please forward this email to members in your area, or anyone with a beautiful peony collection.

As we are going to be listed on the website, www.peony.ca, we are entering a whole new world. We may start hearing from people who are very curious about peonies. One never knows.

In addition, I will be creating a Private Gardens and Public Gardens listing, so that those who charge a fee can make that quite clear... . Would you please forward information about Public Gardens in your area, with contact information so I may contact them?

ps. Darlene Kalawsky and I are working with the Doukhobor Discovery Centre, Castlegar, BC for the possible development of a Memorial Peony Garden at their museum. We started with a kind donation of peonies through the Prairie Peony group, Brian Porter and friends from Indian Head, Saskatchewan in the fall of 2015. We would be delighted to have feedback from anyone else who is will to donate some roots this fall. We are just creating a list of possible donors at this time, as the Board of Directors have not yet given us the 100% approval to enlarge their gardens...  we will be in touch with anyone who responds to our request. thank you.

ANNUAL SEED EXCHANGE 2016

Open to members and the general public our annual seed exchange is now open.  Please look over the list under our Seed Exchange listed above

Root Sale now CLOSED

Thank you to all those who contributed to the 2015 Root Sale this year.
The sale is now closed and we look forward to next year.

2015 Annual Root Sale Fundraiser now open to Members

Our 2015 Annual Root Sale Fundraiser list is now completed
Please go to the website below for our complete list of available roots

http://plntlady.wix.com/canadianpeonysociety

Québec de pivoine Exposition Florale Juin 20 & 21,2015

Je dois enfin un peu de temps pour vous donner des nouvelles sur le festival québécois de la pivoine (pivoine spectacle) qui a eu lieu le 20 Juin et le 21 au Jardin Daniel A. Séguin à St-Hyacinthe.
Tout d'abord, je tiens à remercier David Maltby pour l'aide précieuse qu'il nous a donné pendant 3 jours. Quand nous sommes arrivés à l'émission de pivoine à Ottawa, David nous a dit qu'il viendrait à notre Festival de la pivoine à St-Hyacinthe. Nous avons pensé qu'il viendrait en tant qu'observateur, mais nous avions tort. Du vendredi au dimanche après-midi, David a travaillé avec nous et était très serviable avec tout son savoir et son expérience. Merci beaucoup David.

Ce septième spectacle pour la Société québécoise de la pivoine a été un succès. Nous avons eu un nombre record d'entrées: 920 fleurs en compétition dans 9 catégories pour professionnels et amateurs. Nous avions une grande foule assez le samedi, mais moins de visiteurs le dimanche peut-être parce qu'il était le jour de père et il était censé pleuvoir.

Ce qui est important est que les gens étaient heureux et surpris. Comme d'habitude, les gens étaient étonnés de voir ces belles fleurs et ne savaient pas qu'il y avait tant de différentes sortes de pivoines. Pour beaucoup d'entre eux, ce fut une découverte.

Lors de notre spectacle, les gens votent pour le meilleur fleur dans chaque catégorie et ils votent aussi pour le meilleur fleur de montrer ce que nous appelons "coup de coeur".
Le meilleur du spectacle était le Gauguin pivoines présentée par Lucie Pépin. Il ya aussi un trophée pour le professionnel et l'amateur qui a obtenu le plus grand nombre de fleurs gagnantes. Serge Fafard des Jardins Osiris était le professionnel avec les fleurs les plus gagnantes et Lucie Pépin était l'amateur avec les fleurs les plus gagnantes. Il est la troisième fois que Lucie est "grande gagnante" (grand gagnant).


Pierre Turenne

Quebec Peony Festival June 20 & 21, 2015

I finally have some time to give you news about The Festival quebecois de la pivoine (peony show) that was held on June 20th and 21st at Jardin Daniel A. Séguin in St-Hyacinthe.

First, I must thank David Maltby for the precious help he gave us during 3 days. When we came to the peony show in Ottawa, David told us he would come to our Festival de la pivoine in St-Hyacinthe. We thought he would come as an observer but we were wrong. From Friday to Sunday afternoon David worked with us and was most helpful with all his knowledge and experience. Thank you very much David.

This seventh show for the Societe quebecoise de la pivoine was a success. We had a record number of entries : 920 flowers competing in 9 categories for professionnals and amateurs. We had quite a big crowd on Saturday but less visitors on Sunday maybe because it was Father's Day and it was supposed to rain. 

What's important is that people were pleased and surprised. As usual, people were amazed to see such beautiful flowers and didn't know there were so many different kinds of peonies. For many of them, it was a discovery.

At our show, people vote for the best flower in each category and they also vote for the best flower of show what we call "coup de coeur".

The best of show was the tree peony Gauguin presented by Lucie Pepin. There is also a trophy for the professional and the amateur who got the biggest number of winning flowers. Serge Fafard of Jardins Osiris was the professional with the most winning flowers and Lucie Pepin was the amateur with the most winning flowers. It's the third time that Lucie is "grande gagnante" (big winner).

Pierre Turenne

The Tour Continues

Below we see bed 2 in the rear and bed 4 in the foreground. The pink (single bloom) in the front row is 'Mary Pratte' , to the right 'Moonrise' ,and to the left just about to open is 'George Vorauer'. In left foreground is 'Claude Barrow' a lactiflora which needs a few more days to open.

Moving now across the side street to beds C1 in rear & C2 in foreground below. The plant with the yellow and yellow/pink blooms is an Itoh and directly above it in bed C1 another just starting to open.

Below a closer look at the end of bed C2 . In foreground is 'Friendship' and directly behind in first row are 'Abalone Pearl','Salmon Chiffon', & 'Vivid Glow'.
Bed C2 is our newest bed just 2-3 years old.

Show weekend June 6 & 7 has now arrived and it's Sunday afternoon at the farm. My tour for the CPS members is nearing the end and I have time to take a few pictures. Below, you will recognize most of them. Shall I say the usual suspects? It's always a delight to give a tour to knowledgeable people. I try to let them do the talking. There's always some new information or story told by someone as we view each variety.

This is bed C2 and in the foreground right is 'Haleigh's Hallelujah'. A bloom from this plant picked three days before won Best in Show. Timing is everything on show day. To the left is 'Haleigh's Comet' a similar looking plant.

Below, the group has moved on to bed C1 and discussions are continuing.

A clearer shot of bed C1 taken from the opposite end is shown below. The plants are mainly lactifloras and you can see that many have now opened but not all.

And not to leave anyone out, above we have a serious discussion,  and another below.  The scarlet bloom in the foreground 4th plant in is 'Command Performance', 5th in is 'Norwegian Blush' an Itoh and 6th is 'Donna Jean'. The red directly behind is 'Scarlet Haven' an Itoh and at the left edge is 'Coral Magic'

Above, I've made my way back to bed 12 now looking south you see it in full bloom. The public flocks to the beds  at bloom time , with their cameras. The dark red bloom at the front is 'Night Watch'.
  Below is 'Little Dorrit' a tiny and unique Saunders plant with blooms an orange/pink colour very much faded here.

And for comparison one week later, a shot of our circular beds on show weekend. We see more blooms as the lactifloras are starting to open.

Below is the other half. Compare the start of bed 4 in the mid distance with the picture taken the week before. The first one is 'Claude Barrow' last week in tight bud stage and now pink blooms. Next is 'George Vorauer' previously  in opening bud stage and now fully open red blooms.

Finally another week later June 13th and it's our "Peony Walkabout" at the gardens. We provide a short tour for the public and answer questions. Below are the same two shots. Note how much more full of bloom the beds are.

The beds are at their peak, but the biggest change was in the the air, which was now full of the scent of "grandma's peonies" the lactifloras. The Itohs and the hybrids can't match the lactifloras in that. Together they give us five plus weeks of bloom.

That's all folks. The end.

A Tour of the Central Experimental Garden in Ottawa

A Peony Tour of the gardens at the Central Experimental Farm , bloom time 2015

 Since I was giving a tour of the peony beds at the farm to the CPS members attending the show, Margaret suggested that I take a few pictures for the benefit of the members who could not attend. I decided to start a week early so there would be something for everyone.

So,

Here we are approaching the peony beds from the south with bed 12 in the right foreground. Beds 11,10,&9 continue north followed by beds1 to 8 which are circular beds surrounding the oak tree which you see in the distance. There are two more rectangular beds (beds 13 & 14) to their left and two more large curved beds (beds C1 & C2) across the street to the north which you can just see above bed 12. Note the annual beds to your right which are just being planted.

 Here we have a closer look at bed 12. In right foreground is 'Sweet May' to her left is 'Bravura' just opening, and to it's left is 'Audrey' a lovely plant but unfortunately already finished blooming. Behind in the center the tall pink with yellow center is 'Pageant'

Continuing with bed 12 below in right foreground is 'Early Daybreak' and to the left rear is 'Garden Peace'

And below we have 'Heritage' and  right rear is 'Merry Mayshine'

And below is 'Lotus Bloom'  looking a bit distorted due to the support hoop. Every spring our first task after initial weeding is to put in the stakes and hoops. They seldom fit perfectly

Below is Bed 11. In front center is 'Victoria Lincoln' pink petals with yellow center. Note that beds 9-12 are 3 deep with 'Victoria Lincoln' in the middle and to the right of it 'Sprite' (white petals) and to the front of it as 'Nova' already finished and one of our first to bloom. Beds 11 & 12 are  Saunders peonies, hybrids notes for their earliness.

Moving  now to bed 9 below, you see only three plants in bloom, the large white flowered plant is 'Adrienne Clarkson' and the white one behind is 'Marie Victorin' both Menard/D'Aoust hybrids and the red is 'Jewel' also a hybrid.

Here we've now moved to our circular beds 1-8. You see bed 8 in the foreground outer circle. 'Early Glow' is in bloom. The red bloom at the end of bed7 is 'Montezuma'. Behind are the rectangular beds 13 & 14. The bench at the foot of the oak tree is a popular resting spot, and the gentleman resting with the big telephoto lens camera was out "birding" but he did take a few peony shots.

Below we are looking directly at beds 13 & 14 and we see 'Prosperity Maud' (Menard/D'Aoust peony) in full bloom. To it's left is an Itoh peony not yet in bloom. This bed has an equal number of Itoh and other herbaceous plants

Moving down bed 13 we see below 'Compagna' and in the next picture below 'Tranquil Dove' both Saunders hybrids that you don't often see.