Paeonia 2025

[Herman Mylemans]

Paeonia kesrouanensis from Turkey.

[Gail]

Nice to see Herman! My earliest is usually mascula russoi but that is looking a long way off yet.

[MarcR]

Herman,

It;s amazing to see Paeonies this early.   Are they naturally this early, or did you find a way to encourage it to flower earlier than it would have done without intervention?

[Herman Mylemans]

Herman,

It;s amazing to see Paeonies this early.   Are they naturally this early, or did you find a way to encourage it to flower earlier than it would have done without intervention?

Marc, this one always flowers now.

[Herman Mylemans]

Paeonia kesrouanensis

[Mariette]

Herman, in the monthly thread I showed a peony seedling flowering for the first time, which looks different from the others received as P. mlokosewitschii. Do You think this might be P. kesrouanensis?

[Herman Mylemans]

Herman, in the monthly thread I showed a peony seedling flowering for the first time, which looks different from the others received as P. mlokosewitschii. Do You think this might be P. kesrouanensis?

Mariette, it is possible. Full description:
https://www.peonysociety.org/species/herbaceous/corallinae/kesrouanensis/?sfw=pass1743575834
I have added some pictures of the leaves

[Gail]

Mine are still a while off flowering but I love this time of year with all the fresh growth and fascinating leaf and bud forms.

Paeonia tenuifolia in bud with lovely feathery foliage.

My Peony book, in Reaktion's Botanical series is just out.


https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/peony

[Mariette]

Mariette, it is possible. Full description:
https://www.peonysociety.org/species/herbaceous/corallinae/kesrouanensis/?sfw=pass1743575834
I have added some pictures of the leaves

Thank You, Herman! Meanwhile, a friend who has seen this species in Turkey told me, that the glabrous carpels and crooked stigma are crucial for the identification of this species. Yesterday the filaments were gone, and I was able to take a pic of that part of the flower.



Thank You also for the details of the leaves! The upper side of them is glabrous in my plant, whereas beneath they show short dense hairs. Looks like the same with Yours?

[Maggi Young]

My Peony book, in Reaktion's Botanical series is just out

https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/peony

And so is Gail Harland's excellent book, "The Rock Garden"  published by www.amberley-books.com!!
 ISBN 9781398119925   https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/h/gail-harland/the-rock-garden.html




 

[Gail]

Thank you Maggi! 

[koen]

That does look like P. kesrouanensis to me. Glabrous carpels indeed. Very early flowering. Very short hairs on the backside of the leaflets. If fertilized seeds develop in the carpels, those carpels will become huge, much larger than with other peonies.

Thank You, Herman! Meanwhile, a friend who has seen this species in Turkey told me, that the glabrous carpels and crooked stigma are crucial for the identification of this species. Yesterday the filaments were gone, and I was able to take a pic of that part of the flower.



Thank You also for the details of the leaves! The upper side of them is glabrous in my plant, whereas beneath they show short dense hairs. Looks like the same with Yours?

[koen]

Paeonia archibaldii blooming now in Belgium.

[Mariette]

That does look like P. kesrouanensis to me. Glabrous carpels indeed. Very early flowering. Very short hairs on the backside of the leaflets. If fertilized seeds develop in the carpels, those carpels will become huge, much larger than with other peonies.

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Thank You, Koen! Itīs good to feel sure - I got that seedling with a batch of P. mlokosewitschii seedlings.

[Herman Mylemans]

Paeonia archibaldii blooming now in Belgium.

Koen, very nice Paeonia!