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Paul & Esther Simmons have been running a peony nursery since 1986. We are located on the outskirts of Christchurch, the main city of the South Island of New Zealand. Like all good business stories we started small, with 100 plants imported from USA, and have continued to grow! We propagate intersectional and herbaceous hybrids, both for the garden market and for commercial cut flower growers. Sorry, but we do not sell tree peonies.

 

For a number of years, as well as selling locally, we have been shipping peonies to many countries including USA, Canada, Eastern & Western Europe.

 

We are specialist root producers i.e. propagators of peonies. We do not cut flowers although we endeavour to keep closely in touch with cutflower growers to understand their needs and trends. By not cutting the flowers we believe we give the plants we divide more vigour and a better start.

 

Esther is in charge of the office, additional staff and organises packing and shipping, while Paul does most of the field work and all the root dividing. Paul's recent passion is herbaceous peony breeding, a slow but hopefully rewarding interest! Our aim is to give you high quality plants and believe that we have built a reputation for this both here in New Zealand and overseas.