Farm News

Visit Our Peony Farm this Spring

Here we go – our 16th spring of flowers at Brooks Gardens. It’s the earliest start to peony and iris bloom season we’ve had. We open the peony fields and iris...

Get Ready for an Early Peony Season in Oregon

Peony & Iris Bloom Season 2016 With the ‘early spring’ we are having, we will open our peony farm and iris gardens to visitors on April 22 this year –...

Peony Flowers in April? I Mean...March!

Ever wish you kept better notes, so you could quickly pull up facts about a particular gardening year? (Photo: Paeonia mlokosewitschii seedling) If my memory serves me well, it was...

Spring Peonies are Off and Running in Oregon

Our peonies are off to a great start this spring (or, should I say, winter). The Coral's reached over 2' high days ago and the late varieties are still pushing...

Early Spring Peony Plants in March

Spring is coming! The plants here in Oregon have a jump on spring this year (they did last season, as well). With weather fluctuating between dry sunny days, wet rainy...

The Peonies are Popping Up - Keep Botrytis Away

We are enjoying some great gardening weather in Oregon. While different than last years' very warm and dry February, we have had some wonderful days this winter.  We also had near...