Paeonia 2017

[Leena]

I got seeds of P. Tblisi hybrids from the seed exchange 2014-15. They germinated last summer and the seedlings look to me like anomala/veitchii-type. The same seeds were in 2015-16 seed lists, now with added origin JJA 6.747.811.
Where could I find more information about the origin of these?

[Maggi Young]

You can find all sorts of information about plants with an Archibald connection from the mass of detail contained in the Archibald Archive in the main SRGC website . There is an obvious link on the main page, as well as a link from the drop-down menus.


This  is the main link :
 http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/features-mainmenu-47/articles/259-the-archibald-archive

From the master list of seed  numbers, available to read, download and consult at any time, is this entry for the  plant you mention - the Paeonia from Tblisi Hybrids 

[Leena]

Thank you Maggi!
I knew somewhere was information about Archibald seeds, and I don't know how I didn't see it in the main page, I must be blind. I just searched for it from the links in the top (from archives and like).

It will be interesting to see how my seedlings look this year, because I would have expected daurica-type seedlings have different first leaves (entire leaflets). P.wittmanniana-hybrids like 'Mai Fleuri' are sterile.

[Hans J]

Hi Leena ,

"Mai Fleuri" is a cross between P.lactiflora x P.wittmanniana ( made from Lemoine 1905 )

Hans

[Maggi Young]

Thank you Maggi!
I knew somewhere was information about Archibald seeds, and I don't know how I didn't see it in the main page, I must be blind. I just searched for it from the links in the top (from archives and like).

As well as the  main link from the front page of the main website srgc.net, there is a link to the Archibald archive (and much more besides!) from the drop-down  button "Contents"  under the sub-heading  "SRGC Archive Site"

[Maggi Young]

Another Archibald related query to the paeony lovers .......

A question from Mike Tucker -  shown in the Archibald Archive section of the Forum -
Anyone out there growing this one?

Paeonia sp.nov. JCA 17180 Iran, Mazandaran, ENE of Firuzkuh

Grown from seed direct from JCA,  the description in Master list refers to cream anthers, glabrous carpels etc but also ‘hairless beneath’ -  my plant is is hairy beneath.

The 2016 taxonomic revision of Paeonia in Iran recognises just the 3 species ie mascula,tomentosa and wendlboi.

The description for tomentosa ? now includes leaves hairy on the undersides, carpels densly hairy or very rarely glabrous and  filaments yellow or violet.

Any views on this would be greatly appreciated.  Please reply in the Archibald section : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9360.msg373902#msg373902

[Steve Garvie]

Paeonia cambessedesii

[Gail]

Very lovely Steve - is that growing in your lawn??

[David Nicholson]

Quite a few Paeonia cambessadesii dotted around Wildside yesterday. No pictures though.

[Steve Garvie]

Very lovely Steve - is that growing in your lawn??

Thanks Gail.
It is grown in a large pot in my alpine house (min. temp -2C). I placed the pot on the lawn to take the image. Unfortunately this drew my wife's attention to the fact that the grass needed cut! 

[Gail]

I planted P. cambessadesii out in Suffolk and it survived a couple of winters. One of the things I left when I moved ...

Good luck with the mowing - I planted snakes heads and tulipa sylvestris in my lawn here so no mowing for a while.

[Leena]

So lovely. Too bad P.cambessedesii is not hardy here, I think.

[ArnoldT]

Paeonia tenuifolia ssp. lithophila.

[GordonT]

I have a question re Paeonia emodi. What is its cold hardiness rating? I've read about it being burned by late frosts in zone 8.I now have seedlings from the SRGC Seed Exchange, and they were planted out in the landscape last autumn (deep planting due to what I'd read online). They are now emerging, a bit later than the rest of my peonies (herbaceous hybrids and Tree peonies). Am I foolish even attempting them in my borderline zone 6/5 location?

[ArnoldT]

Gordon:

I am in Northern New Jersey just outside NYC.

We can get temps as low as 5-6 F during winter with wet conditions as well.

My plant has been in the ground for 8 years.

Always flowers.

Flowers don't like the heat and don't last very long.

You can check my profile for exact location.