Paeonia 2020

[Tim Harberd]

First two seedlings from an open pollinated ‘Nosegay’. Sown 2016. The darker flower looks a bit like ‘Pageant’ which sometimes overlaps in flowering, so maybe that’s where the pollen came from.

Tim DH

[Tim Harberd]

Seedling No.3 is a surprise, Cerise Pink. …. Nothing like Mum or any of the nearby potential Dad’s!!

Tim DH

[ArnoldT]

A single bloom this year.

Paeonia emodi

[David Nicholson]

A Paeonia lactiflora I have had in the garden for many years but have never been able to take a reasonable picture.

[ArnoldT]

David:

I find that taking pictures on a overcast day with these brightly colored flowers seems to give a better result.

The reds are just too vivid for the cameras to pick up in bright light.

[David Nicholson]

Thanks Arnold. We haven't had an overcast day for some weeks now, remarkable!   

[johnw]

The legendary Paeonia mlokosewitchii - a good yellow form of "Molly The Witch" from Mosswood Nursery - was severely traumitized a few years ago when Ken had to lift it a few inches to be at ground level in its newly raised & top-dressed bed. It was touch and go for 3 years but now seems happy as a clam., its best show yet. john

[ArnoldT]

John:

Perfect example of bright blooms in the sun and shade.

[kris]

The legendary Paeonia mlokosewitchii - a good yellow form of "Molly The Witch" from Mosswood Nursery - was severely traumitized a few years ago when Ken had to lift it a few inches to be at ground level in its newly raised & top-dressed bed. It was touch and go for 3 years but now seems happy as a clam., its best show yet. john

Nice plant John. The one peony I tried many times and failed!!!

[Gabriela]

The legendary Paeonia mlokosewitchii - a good yellow form of "Molly The Witch" from Mosswood Nursery - was severely traumitized a few years ago when Ken had to lift it a few inches to be at ground level in its newly raised & top-dressed bed. It was touch and go for 3 years but now seems happy as a clam., its best show yet. john

Very nice John. I find hard to capture the colour, mine looks a bit more lighter in pictures.

Due to the heat wave of last week many peonies were short flowering here. I didn't even have the chance to take a decent picture with P. japonica.  P. mlokosewitschii and P. rockii are still blooming. I am very fond of their spring foliage and fruits but having flowers is a big bonus. Most of them were generous gifts from friends.

P. tenuifolia, was the first to flower earlier and lasted quite a bit


P. mlokosewitschii


P. mascula


P. anomala - first time flowering


P. rockii

[ArnoldT]

Paeonia x Itoh Bartzella

Hybridizer, year introduced: Roger Anderson, 1986.

[David Nicholson]

A couple of un-named Paeonia

[ashley]

P. lactiflora 'Jan van Leeuwen' action shot

[Leena]

Peony season has started also here.
First to open was P.mairei (now over), then P.japonica (and P.obovata) which is still flowering.
Third picture is of a plant grown from seed ex, P.caucasica. It is a small plant and it has now flowered twice, and is always the earliest of P.daurica -group.
Fourth picture is a plant bought as P.officinalis ssp officinalis, but I have been told it is not true. Anyway it is a good plant with large flowers.
In the last picture there are plants grown from seeds as P.veitchii, they might also be hybrids, but they are fertile and very pretty small peonies.

[Leena]

Paeonia x smouthii yesterday in the first picture, very similar is Paeonia x hybrida in the second. It is a naturally occuring cross between P.tenuifolia and P.anomala. The peony flowering with one flower behind it is P.mollis.