[From the
Foreword, by Ann Lovejoy, pp. ix-x:] the first comprehensive book about peonies to appear in decades... historical overviews as well as a fascinating look at new directions in hybridizing and the peonies of tomorrow... Rogers offers the equivalent of a full course in every aspect of peony raising, from culture to propagation... Some years back, Al Rogers discovered that a private collection of thousands of tree peonies had outlived its owner and was threatened by the bulldozer. Most were dead or too damaged to save after years of neglect, but some 700 were rescued. Put to pasture like weary old horses, they now decorate the sloping hillside below
Caprice Farm Nursery...
