Chateau CharMarron
Peony Gardens

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Chateau CharMarron Gardens is located in San Jose within the San Francisco Bay Area, high above Milpitas in the East Bay hills. We have more than 200 peony varieties currently under cultivation. During April & May, garden visits are welcomed everyday 9am-6pm except Wednesday 9am-noon. We are open in June Fri-Sun or call for appointment. We are also available other times  of the year by appointment or if you are feeling lucky just drop by as we are working in the gardens throughout the year. While enjoying your visit to our gardens, sample our wonderful Tuscan Olive Oil. Please contact us for an appointment or variety availability or map & directions.

Our Peony Garden

The Mighty Mo    Paula Fay    August Dessert    Martha Bullock    Avalanche  
We began as a tall bearded iris grower and because of the great interest that our visitors had in our collection of herbaceous peonies, in 2002 we began offering peonies as well. Now with 200+ varieties of herbaceous and tree peonies growing, we offer mature 3-9 eye divisions in 5 gal. containers any time of the year at the garden or for shipping bare root only in the fall.  It is quite spectacular when our garden is in bloom with over 1000 peony plants.
Chestine Gowdy Link to our Herbaceous Peony web site
 Information on growing Peonies
ShimaNishiki  Link to our Tree Peony web site  Information on growing Tree Peonies

Qi Hua Lu Shuang Pricing, Ordering & Shipping Peonies

Our Iris Garden

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We have come to the end of our 15 year history as an iris garden!
We would like to thank all of you who are growing our irises and Happy
Bloom Time to you all. We have decided to put all of our energies into
our 8 year old peony garden which provides wonderful cut flower varieties
of herbaceous peonies and provides a unique collection of the National
Flower of China, tree peonies.

We will keep this link to our iris web site available for a quick reference
to the iris varieties that have been grown at our nursery but no longer available.

Growing Irises Information

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