If you share our excitement and
love of peonies, you have found
the right place. At Cricket Hill
Garden we are madly devoted to
these plants. The business
sprang out of our desire to see
and grow more peonies. Beginning
in 1988, we planted our first
peonies and have expanded to
about seven acres, creating a
terraced woodland garden we call
. We have tended and
grown hundreds of different
kinds of peonies in our 20 years
here. We enjoy sharing the
beauty in bloom. Peonies are
seductive and magical plants,
and by far some of the most
beautiful flowers you can grow.
It is easy to come under their
spell.
About Shipping Peonies
We are still taking orders and will ship as long as
weather permits for USDA zones 6, 7, 8, and 9. We will
ship as long as the ground is workable. Often, this is
late November to early December. We are able to
give your order immediate attention and it will ship
out usually within one to two days. The
office is open to answer your calls and questions, 9
am to 5 pm, EST Monday - Friday.
See our shipping schedule on the Customer Service page.
Once you order, we can give you a shipping date, or please send your request for a shipping time with your order.
The office is open to answer your calls and questions, 9 am to 5 pm, EST Monday - Friday.
What They Say About Us!
From the Hartford Courant, May 8, 2009.
Cricket Hill Garden In Thomaston Is Owners' Piece Of Peony Heaven ...
Peony growers are a passionate breed. They have to be. They labor for 11 months of the
year in service to a pageant of color and fragrance...
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From theGardenLady.org, June 1, 2009.
Cricket Hill Garden and Peony Heaven an Outstanding Peony Nursery...
Having a show garden is an added bonus. To this end,
TheGardenLady wants to tell her readers about Cricket Hill Garden in Thomaston, Ct...
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From the Blog of Christine Boyka Kluge, posted June 7, 2009
Up close: an eye-dazzling peony at Cricket Hill Garden in Thomaston, Connecticut this afternoon...
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For directions to our Nursery, please Click Here.
Cricket Hill Garden
is a plant nursery established in
1989 devoted to introducing American gardeners to the
beauty of Chinese tree and herbaceous peonies. Tree
peonies are the Chinese national flower and have been
popular since the 7th century. In fact, the tree peony
is synonymous with the phrase "spring flower". Tree
peonies represent good fortune, love and prosperity, and
are considered the essence of the Yin (female) element
in nature. The plant itself is considered male, thus it
has supreme unity in both the male and female elements.
These woody shrubs reach an average size of 4-5 feet in
height, growing well in USDA zones 4-9. It is our
pleasure to introduce these great varieties of peonies
in America. We were pioneers in seeking out and growing
named cultivars and have established a reference garden
for tree peonies. In addition to Chinese plants, we grow
Japanese and American peonies. We search out the best
tree, herbaceous and intersectional peonies and have
grown more than 300 cultivars over the years. We are
also working on new hybrids of herbaceous peonies.
We hope that you will find all the peony information you
need on our website. We invite you to call us at
1-860-283-1042 with your questions. Peonies are
our passion, and we enjoy sharing our information with
others.
