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Shadylanejewel

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Paeonia 2012
« on: March 16, 2012, 05:09:21 AM »
Bought this Paeonia russoi v corsica six years ago, it comes up with this gorgeous dark foliage in the spring and then never gets very big and no flowers.

Any suggestions.
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Julie Lockwood
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2012, 06:46:12 AM »
Julie,

How deeply is it buried?  Is the crown at the surface?  If the crown is too deep there usually aren't flowers.  It needs the cold to mature the flowerbuds, without it they abort after growth commences.  I have some theories on bud formation in herbaceous paeonies, but I'm not expert so I'll keep them to myself.  ;D  If the crown is buried, I would next dormancy lift the plant to the surface, either by lifting it completely, or preferably by putting a shovel under one side of the plant and lifting it carefully and packing more soil under it.  This way, the majority of the roots stay fine and the plant won't be set back.  It will just be higher in the soil, rather than having been fully disturbed.

I'll be interested to hear whether others agree with all this or not.

Good luck with getting it to flower.  Fermi (Fermides on the forum) here in Australia I think has this species and it flowers beautifully.  I am very jealous.  I have seedlings coming along I think, but nothing near flowering.
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2012, 03:19:47 PM »
Hi Paul - Thank you for the suggestions.  I don't recall how deeply it is buried, but I will lift when dormant and adjust the depth.

I have it planted in part shade and thought it may need moved to more sun.
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2012, 05:21:54 PM »
Paul is correct about the depth of the crown. It needs to be JUST under the surface. You're correct about the sun too. Paeonia love to bask in it.
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2012, 05:32:41 PM »
Quote from: Carlo on March 17, 2012, 05:21:54 PM
Paul is correct about the depth of the crown. It needs to be JUST under the surface. You're correct about the sun too. Paeonia love to bask in it.

Thank you Carlo - I will lift and relocate at the appropriate time. 
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2012, 08:50:42 PM »
Just as every year my P. mairei starts with buds now. It is always the first P. with flowers.
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2012, 12:47:41 AM »
Ton  -  Lovely foliage on the mariei.  I hope you will post it in flower.

We had several pots of mariei seed sprout a few weeks ago. I just noticed most are bronze-leafed but some are entirely green. Should we expected paler coloured flowers from the green-leafed one?

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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2012, 06:59:48 PM »
In 2011 I had at least 20 flowers. It is a rich flowering species.
Here a picture of last year.


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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2012, 07:13:24 PM »
Quote from: hanninkj on March 22, 2012, 06:59:48 PM
It is a rich flowering species.

:o :o :o  I have to get one of those!  Gorgeous foliage and stunning blossoms too!
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2012, 07:30:38 PM »
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2012, 04:09:25 AM »
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2012, 04:11:36 AM »
That is a beautiful Paeonia, both from the leaves and flowers point of view.  Nice, as I had no mental image of the species, other than having read it's name once or twice.  It looks to be a beauty!! 8)
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2012, 01:42:24 PM »
Quote from: Paul T on March 23, 2012, 04:11:36 AM
That is a beautiful Paeonia, both from the leaves and flowers point of view.  Nice, as I had no mental image of the species, other than having read it's name once or twice.  It looks to be a beauty!! 8)
Paul, it is a beauty!

Flowers from last year (May 2011)

340739-0  340737-1


now it's more like this:

340741-2
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2012, 09:06:09 PM »
Trond,

Definitely very beautiful.  I really like the shoot mergence too..... adds yet another dimension with the colour. 8)
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Re: Paeonia 2012
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2012, 11:07:01 PM »
Always my first peony: Paeonia corsica (Syn.: Paeonia russoi var reverchonii, Paeonia morisii)
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