Paeonia 2008

[Hans J]

Arthur :

Your plants ( with white flowers ) is P. tomentosa - this plants are recorded for the Talysch Mts.

[art600]

Hans
Thanks for the info - I like it better than 'Molly the Witch'

[johnw]

John
How did your white one compare with the one I showed in Iran 2008

Arthur - Here is a shot of the white Molly, the only one we have of the flower this year.  The data for ours is  Arch96-747.110  4/9/97 P. mloko. - and apparently we got subbed this garden origin seed for the collected wild seed ordered #100. A sibling I gave to good friend on a major birthday and she was very excited about it, it turned out a velvety red - very nice but not what either of us had in mind. She calls it Millie.

Should we go with Molly for the white one?

johnw

[art600]

As Ian the BD says "Growing from seed can always throw up interesting plants"

I like both of them, but the red is a particulrly striking colour.

[johnw]

Hans - I was able to photograph the Paeonia from Don Armstrong yesterday. Here it is again.

johnw - +25c here and too much for me.

[Hans J]

Hi John ,

Thank you for the pics again .
they are more helpfull -I can see the carpels are tomentose ....so it's could be P. tomentosa .
P. wittmanniana has hairless carpells -also like P. steveniana ( = v. nudicarpa )
The problem is always ....if you have a plant without a location .....

[David Nicholson]

Given all the beautiful pictures on this thread I did wonder whether to post this but then decided I would. It's the only flowering sized Peony I have in my garden, bought from a garden centre about five years ago and the label long lost.

[Lesley Cox]

 She calls it Millie.

Should we go with Molly for the white one?

johnw

But the yellow is Molly. How about Mandy? Does anyone from the dark ages remember the stories about Millie Mollie Mandy?

[art600]

Lesley

We are both of that certain age that would remember Millicent Margaret Amanda

[johnw]

 She calls it Millie.

Should we go with Molly for the white one?

johnw

But the yellow is Molly. How about Mandy? Does anyone from the dark ages remember the stories about Millie Mollie Mandy?

We mulled over this last night and decided on Mully after a good friend in theater who lives in Edinburgh!

johnw

[Lesley Cox]

Fair enough, so long as it doesn't put people in mind of a certain style of haircut!

I think the white is lovelier than any of the others.

[art600]

Could someone please identify this Paeony - I do not remember planting it, and I have no label.

Thanks

[arisaema]

It might be 'Laura Dessert', if so the outer petals should turn white as the flower ages.

[Kenneth K]

Some lactiflora from the last weeks.
1. Inspecteur Lavergne
2. Sorbet
3 Couronne d'Or

[Lesley Cox]

May be wrong but I would think it's just a natural part of the aging process. I like it in pink or red varieties.