Paeonia 2018

[Yann]

For sure you was lucky to see this species so late, usually at Parnassos they're faded third week of may.

[Leena]

Gai, how lucky you were! That is a wonderful colour. 
It is good to see the habitat.

[fermi de Sousa]

The three species peonies that we grow have flowered again this year (no late frosts!).
In flower today is what I received as Paeonia mlokosewitschii though it has pink flowers
cheers
fermi

[David Nicholson]

I'm no expert Fermi but mlokosewitschii is now a subspecies of Peaonia daurica and your plant looks to me very much like P. daurica ssp. coriifolia.

[Jürg P]

We have had here in Central Europe a really dry year. Since April there was not much rain. That is the reason why the peonies stopped growing  in June and after we got some rain in August and September, the P. delavayi's started to grow again (i.e. the buds developed leaves). Only one P. delavayi seedling also produced 3 flower buds, which now started to flower. Here is a picture of this flower (it is the first time this seedling flowered, so I guess, the flower colour will be slightly different in the following years).
I have another plant, a tree peony, which I bought two years ago (should flower yellow), and which did not flower so far. But also this plant started to grow again a few weeks ago and has now 2 flower buds (but so far it is not visible in which colour they will flower). It will probably take another week or two until they will open.
I never had this in the past, that peonies developed flowering buds in autumn.

[Maggi Young]

We have had here in Central Europe a really dry year. Since April there was not much rain. That is the reason why the peonies stopped growing  in June and after we got some rain in August and September, the P. delavayi's started to grow again (i.e. the buds developed leaves). Only one P. delavayi seedling also produced 3 flower buds, which now started to flower. Here is a picture of this flower (it is the first time this seedling flowered, so I guess, the flower colour will be slightly different in the following years).
I have another plant, a tree peony, which I bought two years ago (should flower yellow), and which did not flower so far. But also this plant started to grow again a few weeks ago and has now 2 flower buds (but so far it is not visible in which colour they will flower). It will probably take another week or two until they will open.
I never had this in the past, that peonies developed flowering buds in autumn.

What a crazy year - I've never seen such late flowers on a peony.

[Yann]

I've 2 plants which are producing buds, such as helleborus. In which state the plants will be after the "winter"...a real unknown

[yijiawang]

Grows very nice! it is a small tree peony and difficult to set the seeds.

A couple of chinese Paeonia in flower.

Paeonia jishanensis -An attractive dwarf “Tree Peony” which is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of suffruticosa but is much more compact.



Paeonia sinjiangensis -I’m not sure of the validity of the name. This is said to be a synonym of anomala but this chinese plant looks different from the other anomala that I have seen.