Paeonia 2014

[BULBISSIME]

Great success Hans ! Congratulations, it's a lovely plant !

Here is a more common species, but my favorite one, P. clusii, from Crete.

[greenspan]

one of my Paeonia obovata with perfect bowl-shaped flowers

[ian mcenery]

I should have posted this one here. Paeonia Mairei

 http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11638.msg303231#msg303231

[Leena]

one of my Paeonia obovata with perfect bowl-shaped flowers

Really nice, I love the white form of P.obovata. Is that ssp obovata or ssp willmottiae? The habitus and leaves look nice too,but the flowers are really perfect.

P.mairei is also very nice, alla peonies are  , I will have to wait for maybe two more years before my seedlings of P.mairei will flower.

[greenspan]

@leena

you remember our last year discussion about obovata ssp. can't say what subspecies. the lower leaf indumentum is pubescent (very short hairs, none too easy to perceive). so maybe ssp. obovata could be possible.

her another obovata of chinese origin (first flowering, so only a single flower)...the leaf indumentum is much more hairy than my obovata in my posting before. and now? for me the subspecies level is of no importance.

[ruweiss]

Paeonia ostii, very floriferous but only few seeds and very slow to
germinate. (In my experience)
P. officinalis and P. mascula with rather small flowers, due to the
extremely dry weather.

[ruweiss]

Paeonia chamaeleon, the flowers fade rather quick in
their short life.

[Maggi Young]

Rudi! we have never seen such a large  clump of P. ostii with so many flowers- so beautiful. 

[Afloden]

The only obovata I have seen from Chen Yi have all been ssp. willmottiae.

Rudi, I get seedlings coming up all over under my ostii, but none are as floriferous as your plants yet. They are only 7 years old in the new garden, but the originals in the old garden are now 13.

 

[ian mcenery]

Wonderful ostii Rudi. I hope one day mine will as good

[Leena]

@leena
you remember our last year discussion about obovata ssp. can't say what subspecies. the lower leaf indumentum is pubescent (very short hairs, none too easy to perceive). so maybe ssp. obovata could be possible.

her another obovata of chinese origin (first flowering, so only a single flower)...the leaf indumentum is much more hairy than my obovata in my posting before. and now? for me the subspecies level is of no importance.

I had to look up your pictures from last year  , the first white obovata with bowl shaped flowers is even nicer than any that you showed then, but I also like the the second white obovata, especially the leaves.
To me the name is also not so important, other than when I see a wonderful peony I start to think that by what name would I be able to find it (or seeds) for me.
By the way, just last week I noticed a seedling in a pot labeled P.obovata 'Alba', sown winter 2013 from SRGC seeds exchange seeds, so now follows a three to four year wait to see what it looks like.

[Leena]

Paeonia chamaeleon, the flowers fade rather quick in
their short life.

Very nice pinks, my P.chameleon has whitish flowers, but true, they flower for a very short time.

[ruweiss]

Dear friends, thank you all for the friendly comments.
I did not know, that my P.ostii is more floriferous than
other specimen. A very kind and generous plantsman
presented this plant as a potted seedling some years
ago to me.

[Anne Repnow]

A generous friend indeed, Rudi!

I am thrilled by the photos of all your species peonies. (Mine are all babies so far.)

A bit brash in comparison, I know - but spectacular: Paeonia suffructicosa 'Shimane Chojuraku'. Today's wind and rain ruined the display, though...

[ruweiss]

Thank you Anne, your Paeonias are also real giants.
Attached are 2 photos, I have no name for the red tree peony,
maybe one of the experts can help me.
The other one is P. arietina alba.