I don't think anyone has posted much about peonies yet? Perhaps they are already done in most areas? Here's the state of affairs on the peony front here:
Paeonia anomala:
Paeonia intermedia:
Paeonia tenuifolia 'Rubra Plena':
Paeonia officinalis:
Paeonia mlokosewitschii:
P. veitchii:
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I got Paeonia anomala from
I got Paeonia anomala from Rundle Wood (an excellent specialty nursery here in Calgary) in 2006.
I have P. peregrina also (a cv. called 'Sunshine', apparently), but had to move it because it was being crowded and shaded, so it has taken some time to recover. (Actually, I thought I'd killed it but it is coming back - maybe it will be strong enough to bloom again by next year.) Yours is gorgeous!
A couple of peonies in bloom now...
Not sure what this one is (was mislabelled, I think, as Paeonia japonica); Paeonia caucasica... does that seem right?
Lori, where are the pictures
Lori, where are the pictures of the peonies you mention in your first post?
Here are one which appeared as a seedling in my garden. First flower!
Flower of P obovata in shade
Hoy wrote:
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Lori, where are the pictures of the peonies you mention in your first post?
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I don't know, Trond. Lost in the transition to the new platform somehow! Beautiful seedling. How many years did it take to bloom?
Lori, you could Edit your
Lori, you could Edit your initial post and add the images back in if you wanted. Surely it was "lost in translation" but it could be fixed.
Okay, I went back in and
Okay, I went back in and reattached the photos using "Embedded Images" and "Photobox large". (P. officinalis is a more recent photo but close enough!)
Skulski wrote:
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Lori, where are the pictures of the peonies you mention in your first post?
I don't know, Trond. Lost in the transition to the new platform somehow! Beautiful seedling. How many years did it take to bloom?
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They are back now, anyway!
It is the first one which is a seedling. It did take about 3 years to flower.
The text lacked for the last picture so I have added it now.
Some late peonies... cultivar
Some late peonies... cultivar names lost (they look much the same anyway). These are about the most double ones I have - the flowers are not too heavy, and the stems strong enough, as to keep the flowers off the ground in heavy rains (which was the intent in choosing them)!
They are beautiful, Lori! I
They are beautiful, Lori! I have a late semidouble one which has succumbed to the heavy rain while we have been away :-(
Hoy wrote:
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It is the first one which is a seedling. It did take about 3 years to flower.
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Not bad at all for such magnificent plants!
What an amazing colour! Is
What an amazing colour! Is it a herbaceous peony?
No, it is a cross between a
No, it is a cross between a red flowered delavayi and a lutea I presume. I get hundreds of seedlings popping up everywhere every year which I have to remove. So it is just random that this one was spared.
This is the probable parents:
The flowers are smaller than the herbaceous types but the plants are bigger!
I can send you a bag of seed if you are interested to try!
No fertile seeds on Paeonia
No fertile seeds on Paeonia caucasica but the unfertilized bits make for a rather bizarre sight...
I did get a few fertile seeds on Paeonia kavachenis, though:
Lori, where did you get the Paeonia anomala? That's a beauty. Paeonia tenuifolia is the first one to bloom here but it doesn't last too long. P. mlokowitschii does very well and the blooms last longer. I'm very fond of P. peregrine. The flowers are a very shiny red and they really stand out.