15 May
Spring is here and we're making progress! The snow has finally left the field and as soon as the wind dies down, we'll burn the straw mulch. Several new and potential growers will be visiting us shortly to get a feel for the process - Jan expects to put them to work weeding in exchange for her valuable grow-knowledge. On the marketing side of things, we are currently working to get the details worked out to be able to ship to buyers in Asia who just recently contacted us - very exciting to be looking beyond the US and the future possibilities!
Thank you for the huge response for preorders - we're nearly sold out. Something else exciting - several of the Alaska peony growers (including ourselves) were featured in Florist Review, April issue -now available on newsstands.
Summer production projections are now available on wholesale and florist pages - we do anticipate more than what we're prebooking but as most of you know, agriculture crops don't always cooperate! For access to these pages, any questions or to place an order, please contact Carolyn at polarpeonies@gmail.com or 907-590-1707 (Alaska is 4 hours behind East Coast so 8 a.m. in New York is 4 a.m. in Fairbanks)
If you are a grower, we are interested in helping you market your stems - we sold for four producers this year with wonderful response. We are always willing to take time to listen to your farm plans and share insight on our production techniques - mainly how we would have done things differently if we wouldn't have been one of the first growers (lots of ways not to do things)! If you are a grower in Interior Alaska and would like to sell through us, please call or drop us an email to discuss details. We are interested in smaller growers as well as those of you with a few more in the ground!
If you are a wholesale or florist buyer, we have some new services for you. The new separate buyer pages, not available for viewing by the general public, are now available. This was a consistent request from our buyers last year - especially since we do not sell directly to retail end users. If you are interested in having access to these pages, please contact Carolyn at polarpeonies@gmail.com with your business name and location.
Expected available for 2012 starting week of July 8th through end of August - all double:
Sarah Bernhardt (pink)
Festiva Maxima - (white w/red fleck)
Felix Crousse (red)
Duchess De Orleans (pink)
Mon Jules Eli (pink)
Duchesse de Nemour (ivory white to pale blush)
dark pink/fuchsia
dark red
If you are a Bride: We sell directly to florists or wholesalers only, please have your local florists contact us for your wedding needs.
If you are in need of flowers after our season is over or if we are out, you can look for other Alaska producers on the Alaska Peony Growers Association website: http://alaskapeonies.org/
