Paeonia 2010

[Regelian]

Hans,

A very beautiful clone!  Mine from (other source) seed is much paler.  Still pretty, though.

[Gail]

We had The Peony Society AGM at Wisley on Sunday.  I didn't take many pictures but this planting of Paeonia tenuifolia caught my eye.  Two mature plants of P. rockii were attracting a lot of attention by the walled garden.

My own rockii-type, grown from AGS seed, is flowering now.  The flowers are not as large as the Highdown plant but are nicely frilly.  And I've got first flowers on P. 'Lydia Foote' - a hybrid plant with rockii blood from Sir Peter Smithers.

[Oakwood]

We had The Peony Society AGM at Wisley on Sunday.  I didn't take many pictures but this planting of Paeonia tenuifolia caught my eye. 

Gail! It isn't P. tenuifolia at all. It is P. hybrida Pall.  - endemic species of SE of Western Siberia and Eastern Kazakhstan mntns.

[Regelian]

Blooming today in the garden, Paeonia peregrina. I am a bit proud of this plant, as I raised it from seed and it is not a disappointment!  I have brought so many plants to flowering over the years, only to discard them as inferior clones.  This one is just beautiful, so I had to share. 

[Hans J]

some pics from today :

one of my peony borders
P. 'Chocolate Soldier'
P. officinalis flore plena forms  : Rubra Plena + Rosea Plena + Alba Plena

[christian pfalz]

hi, some pics of my paeonia delavayi seedling....


cheers
chris

[JPB]

Jamie, that is a beautiful P. peregrina! So there is a luck-factor in raising Paeonies from seed.

[Gail]

We had The Peony Society AGM at Wisley on Sunday.  I didn't take many pictures but this planting of Paeonia tenuifolia caught my eye. 

Gail! It isn't P. tenuifolia at all. It is P. hybrida Pall.  - endemic species of SE of Western Siberia and Eastern Kazakhstan mntns.

Thanks for that Dimitri.  I was sent a copy of Hong De-Yuan's new peony monograph 'Peonies of the World'  but sadly had to pass it onto a Peony Society member for review; I should have studied it more closely before passing it on.  It certainly seems to be an authoritative work, Hong has examined more that 5,000 herbarium specimens and studied all but one species in the wild. http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=844

I shall have to invest in my own copy sometime.  Unfortunately it costs £90 and so if I drop unsubtle hints before my birthday my husband is likely to go deaf.

[Giles]

Gail,
You might also want to drop hints about 'Pionit' by Rea Peltola and Vesa Koivu.
It in Finnish (and I had to order it from Finland) but it has the most stunning 'arty' peony photography I've seen.
Dew, mist, early morning sun etc, etc...

[Lesley Cox]

What super plants are in flower now in the north. The P. peregrina is especially good Jamie, almost scarlet. An the rockii is a stunner too. Thanks to everyone for sharing their reasures.

[Gail]

Gail,
You might also want to drop hints about 'Pionit' by Rea Peltola and Vesa Koivu.
It in Finnish (and I had to order it from Finland) but it has the most stunning 'arty' peony photography I've seen.
Dew, mist, early morning sun etc, etc...

Giles - I was really blessed because Rea actually sent me a copy!  It is my absolute favourite of my many peony books; I don't understand the Finnish, except the botanical names (!) but it is such a beautiful book to look through.

[Arykana]

This one is just beautiful, so I had to share. 

  OK!! i am ready 
seriously it is a real beauty

[Kimjy]

A few herbaceous hybrids from the last week or so made a cheerful sight ...

[Lukas H]

Dear Gail and Oakwood,

This what you have supposed to be P. hybrida is Paeonia 'Early Bird' (tenuifolia x anomala)

Paeonia anomala subsp. intermedia (syn. hybrida) is much paler and has broader leaves. http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3114.150

All the best

[Lesley Cox]

Could you show a picture please of 'Early Bird.' I have it but not flowered yet. Thanks.