Paeonia 2013

[greenspan]

greenspan, I know, I understand. But result sounds very strange isn't it?

yes 

[Irm]

I love your fotos of paeonias in the wild  thank you very much !

Here a paeonia, buyed as an emodii, but I think its a windflower.

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Paeonia caucasica in the wild.





It is very common in north-west Caucasus.

Very nice picture!
I have never had the chance to see so much peonies together in the wild.
Hendrik

[Mike Ireland]

Paeonia cambessedesii in a very large stone trough.

[Irm]

wow, Mike, I love it ! wonderful cambessedessi 

[Maggi Young]

Paeonia cambessedesii in a very large stone trough.

Mike, don't you mean  "superb large Paeonia cambessedesii in a very large stone trough"
 

[Hans J]

Hello,
after a long break here again a few pictures of my Peonies - some bloom here for the first time (after a long time from seed to bud)
Here are pictures of P.peregrina - I got these seeds from botanists, they were collected in the Ionian Islands.
These plants are slightly different from my P.peregrina from Calabria ...

Have fun
Hans

[Catwheazle]

Now the Sainson has also started with us :-)
Paeonia mlokosewitschii

[Leena]

Last week the first P.obovata opened it's flowers, they are now almost over. My other P.obovata grows in more shade and it is just now starting to flower. Both peonies are raised from seed (garden origin). The larger and later plant is actually three seedlings planted close to each other when they were small.

[Leena]

This is a peony grown from seeds labeled P.kavachensis. Does it look right? This is a first time it flowers and it is still growing in the seedling bed, and gets too much sun. For some reason it has yellow stripes in the leaves, this has never happened before. Maybe it is because of the sun, or perhaps I damaged its roots earlier in the spring when I dug some plants near it.. Any guesses why the yellow stripes?
Here is also a picture of P.officinalis ssp officinalis.

[Gail]

This is a peony grown from seeds labeled P.kavachensis. Does it look right? This is a first time it flowers and it is still growing in the seedling bed, and gets too much sun. For some reason it has yellow stripes in the leaves, this has never happened before. Maybe it is because of the sun, or perhaps I damaged its roots earlier in the spring when I dug some plants near it.. Any guesses why the yellow stripes?

It looks like my kavachensis Leena. I've seen assorted yellow markings on the leaves of a few peonies. There are several viruses that have been isolated from peonies (see http://georgesonbg.org/PDFs/Peonies/09.Samuitiene.pdf) which may be the cause, although there are lots of variegations in the plant world so no reason why peonies should not be variegated too. Standard advice with plant virus is to destroy the plant but the RHS say that peony ringspot virus can be tolerated, just sterilise your secateurs if you cut the foliage down so you don't spread it. My plant which had mottled leaves looks normal this year so I would just leave it.

[Leena]

Thank you Gail.  I'd hate to destroy this peony, it is the only P.kavachensis I have and I like it's flowers, they have strong colour and are not too small. I was planning to move it to shade bed in the autumn, and I will have to be careful to clean the spade after moving. It had normal leaves last year, and I hope it will return to normal.

[Thomas Seiler]

Paeonia obovata subsp. willmottiae is open now:

[Leena]

When looking at Olga's picture of P.caucasica in nature, I remember once wondering how peonies can spread in the wild, the seeds are quite heavy and no animal spreads them. In the picture I can imagine seeds just dropping in the ground and rolling down the slope and germinating in such a large number as in the picture. Really nice view, I keep coming back to it. 

[Leena]

Very nice peony, Thomas. 
Mine is still in bud, perhaps a week more before it opens.
The "normal" P.obovata is almost finished with flowering, this picture is from day before yesterday, morning.
Now is also flowering an unknown early hybrid, possibly with P.wittmanniana. I like this peony very much, it opens with a flush of pink but fades to pure white. I have also 'Fan Tan', which starts to flower over a week later than this peony and they grow close to each other.