美国 HOLLINGSWORTH 牡丹苗圃 – 家族经营牡丹裸根专业苗圃

美国 HOLLINGSWORTH 牡丹苗圃（Hollingsworth Peonies）创立于 1970 年，是一家位于密苏里州西北部玛丽维尔（Maryville, Nodaway County）的家族经营牡丹裸根专业苗圃。该机构由美国知名牡丹育种家 Don Hollingsworth 创立，长期深耕草本杂交种（herbaceous hybrids）与药芍组（lactiflora group）选育及种苗生产，目前由现经营团队在原址维护运营，旗下登记在册的栽培品种已超过一千种，苗圃亦承担美国牡丹协会（American Peony Society）指定 Paeonia 属国际栽培植物登录权威（ICRA）的注册与命名协作。

历史沿革与创始人

苗圃创立人 Don Hollingsworth 早年服务于密苏里大学（University of Missouri）长达 35 年，专注于园艺推广与牡丹杂交育种研究，曾两度担任美国牡丹协会主席，并先后获颁 AP Saunders Memorial Medal、Bertrand H. Farr 终身成就奖以及密苏里大学农业、食品与自然资源学院院长荣誉证书。Don 创立苗圃后持续以杂交育种、种苗扩繁与品种登录为主业，其代表作 Garden Treasure（Itoh 群杂交种）与 Command Performance（草本杂交种）在国际切花与庭院市场广受认可，并推动了景观卓越奖（Award of Landscape Merit）等评价体系的设立。

气候优势与栽培体系

苗圃位于密苏里州西北部，遵循密苏里州农业部和美国农业部（USDA）共同监管的综合病虫害管理（Integrated Pest Management, IPM）规范进行田间栽培。所有裸根植株均为本土田间起挖（never sell imported roots），苗龄 3 至 5 年且带有花芽原基，可于秋季种植翌年即开花。秋植是牡丹最佳栽培窗口，每年 9 月至 11 月期间发货，植株完全适应北美气候条件，不受国际贸易关税与外部供应链波动影响。

产品体系与销售渠道

苗圃当前在售登记品种逾千，涵盖 lactiflora 药芍组、herbaceous hybrids 草本杂交种、Itoh hybrids 组间杂交种、heirlooms 老品种与 champion class 旗舰系列，并按用途划分 BeeLoved（传粉友好）、Best Cut（切花）、Best Fragrant（香花）、Best Landscaper（景观）四大 Best Peonies™ 标签。零售与批发双轨并行，零售面向家庭园艺爱好者，批发则面向美国本土切花种植者、独立苗圃与景观设计师；2026 年新发布六款品种（含 Gifted Sun、Edgy Magenta、Big Moon、Cheeky Pink、Sweet Millie、Mother of Pearl Pink）由 D. Hollingsworth、J. Steininger 与 R. Klehm 共同署名推出。

行业地位与产业协作

苗圃所有在售品种均按国际栽培植物命名法规（ICNCP）登记，并接受美国商标专利局与 USDA 植物品种保护办公室监管，部分品种受植物育种者权利与专利保护。苗圃曾收购伊利诺伊州 Klehm 家族 Song Sparrow 苗圃的牡丹种质资源，进一步扩展了 lactiflora 与 Itoh 群品种库。Don Hollingsworth 本人是美国牡丹协会主席（两届）、Heartland Peony Society 与北美牡丹社区核心成员，相关品种命名与杂交体系长期为国际牡丹协会所引用。

官网：https://hollingsworthpeonies.com/

Hollingsworth Peonies is a family-run Missouri peony bare-root nursery established in 1970 and located in Maryville (Nodaway County), in the northwestern corner of the state. The farm was founded by renowned American peony hybridizer Don Hollingsworth, whose breeding work over more than five decades built the nursery into a recognized North American reference point for herbaceous hybrid and lactiflora peonies. Today the operation maintains over one thousand registered cultivars on the original fields and continues to collaborate with the American Peony Society as an ICRA-aligned registration partner for the genus Paeonia.

Founding History and the Hybridizer Behind the Brand

Founder Don Hollingsworth spent 35 years on staff at the University of Missouri before and alongside the nursery, where his extension work shaped modern peony-growing practice in the United States. He served two terms as president of the American Peony Society and received the AP Saunders Memorial Medal, the Bertrand H. Farr Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Dean’s certificate from the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. His introductions include the Itoh hybrid Garden Treasure and the herbaceous hybrid Command Performance, and he founded the Award of Landscape Merit evaluation framework still used today.

Climate, Soils, and Growing System

The farm sits in northwestern Missouri under USDA Plant Hardiness supervision and the Missouri Department of Agriculture, with all field work conducted under the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) protocol. Bare roots are field-dug only and shipped fresh, never imported, with each plant 3–5 years old and carrying visible flower bud initials at harvest. The shipping window runs September through November, the natural dormancy period when bare-root peonies establish best, and the nursery’s wholly domestic supply chain insulates customers from tariffs and international disruptions.

Product Range and Sales Channels

The current catalog spans the lactiflora group, herbaceous hybrids, Itoh hybrids, heirloom selections, and the Champion Class, with every registered cultivar carrying a Hollingsworth Best Peonies™ use label: BeeLoved (pollinator-friendly), Best Cut (cut flower), Best Fragrant (fragrance), and Best Landscaper (garden performance). The nursery serves both retail home gardeners and wholesale American specialty crop growers, cut-flower farms, independent nurseries, and landscape professionals. Six new 2026 introductions—including Gifted Sun, Edgy Magenta, Big Moon, Cheeky Pink, Sweet Millie, and Mother of Pearl Pink—are credited to D. Hollingsworth, J. Steininger, and R. Klehm.

Industry Position and Industry Collaboration

Every Hollingsworth cultivar conforms to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), and certain introductions are subject to statutory Plant Breeder Rights or US Plant Patents under USDA PVP oversight. The farm acquired and continues to grow the Klehm / Song Sparrow peony germplasm previously maintained in Illinois, expanding its lactiflora and Itoh holdings. Don Hollingsworth himself remains a two-time past president of the American Peony Society and a central figure in the Heartland Peony Society and wider North American peony community.

Official Site: https://hollingsworthpeonies.com/