About Us

Welcome to ‘Peony Paradise’, the online home of Adelman Peony Gardens! We grow a large collection of peonies covering about fifteen acres near Salem, Oregon, in the beautiful Willamette Valley. We have more than 250 varieties for sale in our online store.

Jim & Carol 2009

We are Jim & Carol Adelman and we live in the farm community of Brooks, just north of Salem, Oregon. We raised our 5 children on this farm growing crops such as peppermint, peaches, hazelnuts, and grass for seed, with our main crop for 25 years being apples. We custom harvested tree fruits, sweet cherries, pie cherries, prunes, and hazelnuts for other farmers.

We have evolved over the years and in 1993 planted our first peonies as a crop. Our goal was to give a customer experience not previously available for peony-lovers: provide big blocks of color with grass walkways so guests could really experience the growing habits and lovely flowers of the peony. During bloom season flowers are on display in vases in our sales area for limited mobility guests to enjoy, also cut flowers and potted peony plants are available for purchase. We ship bare-root peonies to customers across the country in the Fall.

Our Family

Jim is the proficient grower and Carol oversees the customer service and office operations. Our son, Steve is the nursery manager. Our other son David, and his sons, Gregory and Todd, along with grandaughters, Alicia and Ashley, represent us at Portland Farmers Market and Beaverton Farmer’s Market. Our son, Mike, is our computer and website guru. Our grand daughter Kady helps manage the office and keep us all organized.

Awards

The American Peony Society sponsors a judged flower Show annually, this year the event was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at the end of May. Our tree peony 'Hephestos' was awarded 'Best of Show' for 2012. Adelman Peony Gardens has been awarded ‘Best of Show’ for 7 of the last 10 years. Our Best of Show Winners: 2003- Coral Charm, 2004- Garden Treasure, 2005- Garden Treasure, 2006- Coral Charm, 2008- Brother Chuck, 2009- Stellar Charm, 2012- Hephestos. Competing against peers,this year we also received Court of Honor in 8 out of 13 categories, Best any 25 Varieties, Best 10 Hybrids, Best Commercial Exhibit, Visitor Display from the Greatest Distance, and the North Dakota Memorial Award along with many blue ribbons. We will be traveling to Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania in 2013 to show our flowers at the American Peony Society Convention. Adelman flowers are spectacular!

2012 A.P.S. Awards

2012 American Society Awards

We enjoy sharing God’s exquisite creation, the peony, with you.