Paeonia 2025

[koen]

Yes, at first I thought you would have P. x lagodechiana (=P. caucasica x P. mlokosewitschii) since those can have all kinds of colour. But the image was quite clear with the glabrous carpels. A rare species :-)

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

[Mariette]

Yes, Koen, at first I thought it would be a hybrid, too. But the early flowering - decidedly before P. mlokosewitschii and caucasica - made me doubt and look closer for the details. I wonder if my single plant will produce seed.  Did You rise seedlings from Your pink clone? One might hope for a white flowered one. 

Your Paeonia archibaldii looks wonderful!

[koen]

I've never seen a white P. kesrouanensis. I did have some seeds a few times, but only a few and they are difficult to germinate. The seeds are usually much larger than other peony species seeds (except for P. ludlowii). I try crossing this species with double flowered cultivars in the hope of getting something worthwhile that blooms so very early (and with good fragrance). A few are coming along, but they are still a few years from flowering.

Yes, Koen, at first I thought it would be a hybrid, too. But the early flowering - decidedly before P. mlokosewitschii and caucasica - made me doubt and look closer for the details. I wonder if my single plant will produce seed.  Did You rise seedlings from Your pink clone? One might hope for a white flowered one. 

Your Paeonia archibaldii looks wonderful!

[Mariette]

Thatīs very interesting, Koen. Loving scented plants, I smelled at the flower, and it had a slight scent. Reminding me more of the shrubby peonies than P. lactiflora.
A friend collected seed in Turkey and succeeded to germinate them, but lost the seedlings afterwards. My seedling took 2-4 years more to reach flowering size than the 3 P. mlokosewitschii seedlings I received together with it.
Some sources mention white forms of P. kesrouanensis, but perhaps the very pale pink form shown here is meant.

https://www.nargs.org/paeonia-2014