Paeonia 2009

[ian mcenery]

Lovely paeonies and pictures all.

This is a generous gift from a good friend - a layer of a good form of Rockii - its first flower

[Joakim B]

Ian did I understand it correctly that "layer" means that it originates as a low branch that has been rooted by bending it down into the soil while still attached to the mother plants?
I have not seen it done on Paeonias before so I got surprised! But the things I do not know can fill many books
Nice plant
Kind regards
Joakim

[Ragged Robin]

For me Ian this Peonia rockii is absolutely my favourite large flower form and colour (I grew it once upon a time too) - you have taken a wonderful photograph and I hope you don't mind that I've downloaded it to enjoy on my desk top 

[David Nicholson]

Very nice indeed Ian.

[ian mcenery]

Ian did I understand it correctly that "layer" means that it originates as a low branch that has been rooted by bending it down into the soil while still attached to the mother plants?
I have not seen it done on Paeonias before so I got surprised! But the things I do not know can fill many books
Nice plant
Kind regards
Joakim

Absolutely correct Joakim a lower branch is wounded and pegged into the ground producing a new plant. This one is a beauty as it has a few suckers which means that it should produce a plant of nice shape

For me Ian this Peonia rockii is absolutely my favourite large flower form and colour (I grew it once upon a time too) - you have taken a wonderful photograph and I hope you don't mind that I've downloaded it to enjoy on my desk top 

Robin you are most welcome. Paeonies are the most beautiful things aren't they. It's a shame that the flowers can't last just a little longer 

[Maggi Young]

I may have mentioned this before but I think it bears repeating: a friend was dying and her belovedwas visiting her every day in hospital.  Her Paeonia rockii was full of buds and each day he took a bloom in to her to cheer her, when she died there was only one bloom left to adorn her ciffin. So sad but so beautiful.

[ruweiss]

Insects also enjoy the rich amount of pollen in the paeonia flowers, sometimes they are so heavily loaded
with it,that they can hardly start again.
I received P. ostii as a seedling 2 years ago and it amazes me, how quick it grows.

 Paeonia officinalis
 Paeonia arietina alba
 Paeonia ostii 1
 Paeonia ostii 2

[Maggi Young]

Insects also enjoy the rich amount of pollen in the paeonia flowers, sometimes they are so heavily loaded
with it,that they can hardly start again.
I received P. ostii as a seedling 2 years ago and it amazes me, how quick it grows.

 

Your P. ostii is really growing well, Rudi. What fine foliage it has to set off those lovely flowers.

[Lesley Cox]

Diane, you and everyone else here, are better able than I to talk about hybrids v. species where P. mloko is concerned, so I shouldn't have said "definitely." I've know mloko for close to 50 years as a yellow flowered plant and I've also had my own hybrids between it and cambessedesii which are yellow flushed with pink so I made the assumption, but of course I don't know what the type colour was.

[Joakim B]

Ian thanks for the information. I did not know it was needed to wound it but I may test that. We do this with Camelia japonica, but have so far not wounded them (deliberately). Our tree peonies are either to small or have a more upright way of growing so we have not tested this method,yet. We will now.
Kind regards
Joakim

[annew]

I recently gave a friend a seedling from my P. mlokosewitschii in bud. When it flowered it was bright pink!

[Joakim B]

Anne did You or a bee polinate the plant?
This shows how tricky it is.
Kind regards
Joakim

[Mike Ireland]

Paeonia cambessedesii flowering in a large trough. Flowers often abort bot not this year, thankfully.  Phlox bifida & Saxifraga corymbosa also in view.

[David Nicholson]

Very nice indeed Mike.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Very nice indeed Mike.

I second that motion !!!
Lovely Mike !