Paeonia 2016

[Leena]

I am growing P. wendelboi(?) in a well drained place with sandy and rocky soil. It seems to like the spot and increase every year.

Thanks Trond. 

Dave, how beautiful and big P.mlokosewitchii. 
Mine grows in woodland bed, and I suspect it would flower better if it got more sun. It is not always easy to find an ideal place for plants.

[Hoy]

Leena,

Here are the P. obovata leaves - two different plants. The second is a bit smaller in stature but the pedicel is longer.

[JPB]

1) Paeonia caucasica (=P. daurica subsp. coriifolia) ex cult.
2) idem: leaf
3) Paeonia daurica subsp. daurica, from seeds collected Crimea.
4) Paeonia daurica subsp. wittmanniana, from seed collected Caucasus

[Hoy]

The bumblebees are always interested in the peonies. I get literary hundred of seedlings all over in the garden (the slugs don't like them). Almost all are removed but not these.

[Leena]

Leena,Here are the P. obovata leaves - two different plants. The second is a bit smaller in stature but the pedicel is longer.

I agree, they look like different plants, but the first one is the same that I have as P.obovata ssp willmottiae, which I believe is true to name.
Could your second one be P.obovata ssp obovata alba?

[Leena]

1) Paeonia caucasica (=P. daurica subsp. coriifolia) ex cult.
2) idem: leaf
3) Paeonia daurica subsp. daurica, from seeds collected Crimea.
4) Paeonia daurica subsp. wittmanniana, from seed collected Caucasus

Very interesting to see these! Especially these P.daurica subspecies are very confusing to me, there are many lumped in together as one name, and they also seem to be quite variable.

[Tristan_He]

Paeonia 'Early Windflower'. (or possibly 'Late Windflower' - I've lost the label), a bit past its best. It is very slow - I've had it for years and this is the first time it has really produced a good display.

[Michael J Campbell]

Paeonia lactiflora ‘Bowl of Beauty’  About 30 buds still to open.

[Leena]

Here are couple seed grown P.daurica ssp mlokosewitchii.
In the first picture the other plant is quite pale and it has some pinkish inside, but they are both good plants.
The plant in the second picture flowered now for the first time with two flowers, and it is better yellow.

[Hoy]

Nice plants, folks

I "found" this plant under a shrub in the garden. It is a seedling I planted once but forgot. Now it has two very strong stems with huge leaves. The flowers are pale yellow, not unlike mlokosewitchii.

Any idea what it can be?

[Regelian]

Trond,
could be an obovata, as the leaves are glossy, not glaucous and matt, which is typical for the daurica group.
j.

[Catwheazle]

should be Paeonia lactiflora.

[Hoy]

Trond,
could be an obovata, as the leaves are glossy, not glaucous and matt, which is typical for the daurica group.
j.

Thanks Jamie. I am still not sure - maybe a hybrid. It is too many leaflets and the leaflets are really big - almost as big as the palm of my hand. The flower looks small but it is  about  14cm or more across. Think I have to remove more of the shrubs around it to give it more light and space

[Steve Garvie]

Paeonia rockii -This year the blooms are massive.


Paeonia ludlowii

[Leena]

Here is a picture of my late P.obovata. It is second generation plant from wild collection in Mt Changbai, China, and looks and behaves just like the mother plant. It comes up late, at the same time when the normal P.obovata is already flowering, and it flowers now. Flowers are small and very cup shaped and it holds it's leaves in very typical manner upwards. Three years ago there was discussion about this peony here http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=10274.msg278716#msg278716
I can see from the pictures that it has grown well since 2013. I grow it in a woodland bed in half shade.
This is how it looked last week.