Paeonia 2013

[Irm]

jenny is very lovely 

I'm waiting for the first flower of my paeonias, I think, mairei will be first, followed by mlokosewitchi.
But I had to wait and wait and wait and ...   

[Gail]

My P. mascula (?) is in full flower now.

[Matt]

My P. mascula (?) is in full flower now.

impressive! where did you get your plants from? clones or seedlings?

M.

[Thomas Seiler]

This is - as I think - a P. officinalis of garden origin. It opened its flowers this weekend. Matrix planting with Geranium phaeum, the big leaf is Heracleum sphondyleum.

[Gail]

impressive! where did you get your plants from? clones or seedlings?

M.

Alpine Garden Society seed, probably 20 years ago - there are two different plants there, divided several times.

[Gail]

This is - as I think - a P. officinalis of garden origin. It opened its flowers this weekend. Matrix planting with Geranium phaeum, the big leaf is Heracleum sphondyleum.

Looks lovely among the geraniums Thomas but certainly in my garden it would struggle long-term amongst such vigorous neighbours.

[Leena]

It is so nice to see pictures of peonies while waiting for my own to flower.  Growing from seed is very satisfying but slow, but I do have some which are going to flower in a few weeks.
'Jenny' looks great when flowering, the leaves look hairy (?) and add to the charm.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Is this Paeonia obovata?
was given to ma a P caucasica, but was never red. or is this a mloko hybrid

this year it is white, and the blooms are lasting several days in our nice steady fair spring weather of the past week, in prior years it was a cream or pale yellow and the blooms lasted about 30 minutes in bright hot sun. in the fall it has red and black seeds.

Thank you

Rimmer

[Thomas Seiler]

A wonderful plant, Rimmer. If grown from seed of garden origin, it might be a hybrid. Here is my Paeonia obovata for comparison, which looks different.

[Thomas Seiler]

Looks lovely among the geraniums Thomas but certainly in my garden it would struggle long-term amongst such vigorous neighbours.

I think the peony has to struggle, Gail, but it works for more than ten years now ...

[Thomas Seiler]

Peonies and weather were magical this evening. Can't help and show you some more pics ...   
Paeonia officinalis
Paeonia daurica subsp. daurica
Paeonia officinalis
Paeonia officinalis
Paeonia officinalis f. mollis

[Gail]

Lovely Thomas, mollis is such a lovely shaped flower. Fantastic weather here too and here is my plant obtained as P. kavachensis from eastern Turkey - I think this is considered to be synonymous with daurica ssp. daurica.

[Rimmer de Vries]

A wonderful plant, Rimmer. If grown from seed of garden origin, it might be a hybrid. Here is my Paeonia obovata for comparison, which looks different.

Thanks Thomas
I am not sure from where it came from.  i now understand that it is a P. ovata, now the question is if var. obovata or var willmottiae.
i understand the difference is in the fuzzyness on the underside of the leaves. 
I added a picture to my original post showing the fuzzy underside of the leaves.

Your plant looks a bit different with the bigger center less pronounced carpels.

Rimmer

[ashley]

 So many beautiful plants. 

[Thomas Seiler]

Lovely Thomas, mollis is such a lovely shaped flower. Fantastic weather here too and here is my plant obtained as P. kavachensis from eastern Turkey - I think this is considered to be synonymous with daurica ssp. daurica.

A striking clump, Gail, and the combination with Leucojum aestivum is lovely!
I had a look at Hong's Peonies of the World and found, that P. kavachensis Azn. from E. Turkey is now a synonym of P. mascula subsp. mascula, whereas P kavachensis auct. non Azn. is P. daurica subsp. coriifolia. Quite confusing, isn't it?