Jim asked: "Does anyone at the south end of the west coast grow > any of > the mild climate peonies, either the Mediterranean > species or P. > californica? Do these ever show up in plant sales, > or grown in > Botanical gardens or elsewhere?" From here I can say that I have never seen any listed for sale but I really miss all the local sales each year as they happen when I am out of town or I simply forget. There is one plant that blooms in the Huntington's Japanese garden. I don't really remember the color, I want to say it was a pink herbaceous but I may be wrong on that. It was blooming when the IBS had their symposium there. Was anyone at that meeting that remember seeing it? I thought I mentioned it to a few people at the time. ===== John Ingram in L.A., CA. http://www.floralarchitecture.com/ check it out Floralartistry2000@yahoo.com 310.709.1613 (cell, west coast time, please call accordingly. Thank you)