Peony breeder and discoverer   Listing last updated on 11 Aug 2020.

Faribault, Minnesota
United States

TISCHLER, Robert William Martin (November 9, 1911 - January 14, 2007)

[From Peonies, by Allan Rogers, p. 21:] Archie Brand died in 1953... Three years later Miss Gentry sold the [Brand] nursery to two local businessmen, the Tischler brothers, Archie and Robert...
[From The University of Minnesota Extension Service Site:] Brand Peony Farms evolved from the Brand Nursery Company in Faribault in 1925, when it was run by O.F. Brand's son, A.M. Brand. In 1929, the firm was incorporated to include Myrtle G. Gentry. They developed an active breeding program with peonies as the primary crop and developed a national reputation. In 1955, brothers Robert and Archibald Tischler bought the business, which ceased functioning in 1980. Robert continued to breed and sell new cultivars under the name Tischler Peony Garden. Some Brand cultivars are currently sold by Jerry Lund who owns and operates the Farmer's Nursery and Garden Center in St. Cloud.