Paeonia 2012

[Lori S.]

An old wives tale around these parts is that the ants eat the sticky nectar
on the the buds and this enables the buds to open.

John B

The first part's true, but that there is any sort of symbiotic relationship between ants and peonies is the old wive's tale.

[Jonny_SE]

Paeonia sterniana......i really like this dark colour on the foliage...almost thru the whole growing season......

[Hans J]

Hi Jonny ,

sorry to say ...but your peony is shure not P.sterniana - I know there some sellers who are selling such plants ( as you show ) under P.sterniana ( to make a lot of money )...thats in my eyes P.obovata
 
Here are some pics from the true P.sterniana :
http://www.paeon.de/h2006/burkhardt/populations/seiten/27_str.html

P.sterniana is close relatet with P.emodii ...please look for the leaves of your plant -they are very different

Shure you will be dissapointet  ....but P.sterniana is a very rare plant and not easy aviable

Best wishes
Hans

[Jonny_SE]

I had that i minde too Hans...since P.sterniana shall be a sub. to P.emodi.....but it does not look like the P.obovata or P.obovata var. willmottiae that i got here...

[Thomas Seiler]

Paeonia obovata in my garden:

[Olga Bondareva]

P. wittmanniana (white al the left) and natural hybrid P. wittmanniana x P. caucasica (at the right).

[olegKon]

Looking at Olga's pictures I started doubting if my favourite peony is really wittmanniana as I got it

[Maren]

Hi, may I ask for some advice please. I recently bought a P. tenuifolia flore pleno. It still is in its pot as I'm not sure where to plant it. Does it like sun? that would be ideal. Otherwise I may have to leave it in its pot.

[Hans J]

Hi Maren ,

peonies in pots are really bad ! ( they like it really not )
You can plant it on a sunny place - please make a good drainage !
The roots of peony looks more like Dahlia - they are different from other peonies species
The best time for planting peonies is fall ( after September ) - they like not to be plant in spring !!!

I hope this helps
Hans

[Olga Bondareva]

Looking at Olga's pictures I started doubting if my favourite peony is really wittmanniana as I got it

Oleg it's not wittmanniana of course. 

Maren it needs full sun.

The best time for planting peonies is fall ( after September ) - they like not to be plant in spring !!!

Hans it does not matter when to plant peony from pot. Fall is the best time for digging and dividing plants.

[Maren]

Hello Hans and Olga,

thank you for your advice. I have just the right spot for it and will plant it when the weather permits.

[monocotman]

Maren,
I have the single form of tenuifolium in a sunny dry spot near the base of a south facing wall along with eremurus and euphorbias.
It's pretty happy there and increasing well even after the dry weather of the last 18 months.
I wonder whether the finely cut leaves are an adaptaion to drought along the lines of fennel?
Regards,
David

[David Nicholson]

We have an annual discussion about this every year when I post a picture of it. When I bought it as a little seedling it was labelled Paeonia anomala. Some Forumists considered it to be P. veitchii, whilst others thought P. anomola ssp veitchii. About a month later than last year.

[Hoy]

Well David, I can't help you with your peony - I have trouble with my own!
First P delavayi and delavayi lutea. The lutea specimen is more than 3 meter tall.

      


P. rockii hybrid from seed:

      

[Hoy]

Here's what I believe is P obovata

   


... and lactiflora   and  mlokosewitschii