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I sent an e-mail question to the APS regarding the differences in roots and leaves etc of the fern-leaf
peonies I have and some being discissed on this forum. I received a reply and will try to quote it.
"The stringy connective roots are found on the true fern leaf peony in the single and double flowered
form and they are known since about the middle ages. You can check the dates on our web site for
the exact date. The single flowered "fern leaf" with the different roots you talk about is most likely
a sterile hybrid known since about 1856 and is properly called Smouthi. They do not graft fern leaf
peonies. That is a myth spread unknowingly by gardeners who don't know any better. There is no
known record of the fern leaf peony ever being grafted."
Harvey Buchite President--American Peony Society
This clears up some of the mystery of the differences in the roots of seemingly almost identical
peonies. The honest vendors such as Hollingsworth do present them as being hybrids. The
common hybrid is lactiflora x tenuifolia.
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