Paeonia 2020

[WSGR]

The last one is stunning, Gail!

[Steve Garvie]

Paeonia cambessedesii

[WSGR]

What a delicate and yet robust beauty, Steve!

Mine is still in bud, some trees are sulking (red and white) Purple one got only one flower and this is the 2nd year it has flowered. It took 7 years to smile!

[David Nicholson]

For the past couple of weeks the weather has been lovely but very windy and a couple of days ago this had been flattened. So out came some props and they saved it. This is a plant that never flowered in my back garden and two years ago I moved into the front garden and got my first flower last year. It seems to like it now.

Paeonia mlokosewitschii.

[Yann]

In shade Paeonia obovata is at its best, it was sown 7 years ago.

[Leena]

In shade Paeonia obovata is at its best.

That is true, in sun it goes over very quickly, and also the white colour shines in shade.

David, congratulations for finding a good place for your mlokosewitchii.

[ruweiss]

Paeonia ostii:

[Yann]

Another obovata, for the story the seeds are from North Korea and brought back by a friend who spent several weeks there.
He was able to buy on 2 markets almost one hundred of white packets with korean name on it. With my smartphone i translated more or less the name. Among these packets paid less than 1.3€ (!!) several rare Polygonatum i'll show later.

[Véronique Macrelle]

first flowering of Paeonia mlokosevitschii in my garden (transplanted for years) it is beautiful but a little pink, then white the next day.

I would like to have this so delicate pale yellow hue .. maybe my 2 successful sowing in a few years ..
Paeonia tenuifolia: I find that it suffers a little from this very hot spring: for the first time the flowers tilt to turn their backs on the sun, and they have a darker color.

how do you do yann to advise them in pots and make them bloom? I can't make them grow in pots (too hot, maybe?)

[Yann]

Véronique i grow my paeonies for 3 years in 3L pots, then 1 year in 5-6L pots depending on my stock.
The pots holes are 1cm-1.5cm holes to let the roots sink into the ground. I dig 7 cm into the ground and fill with crushed pine barks, grit,clay and a few compost. The 2 first year i don't move the pot at all because rootlets are near the bottom of the pots.
I can check the third spring is the root are in good state after the winter.

My stock are is in deep shade and during summer months when i'm away (yeah in a normal life  ) an automatic watering system inject water in the bed not the pots. This way it refresh the roots and excess water is drained away in the pine barks. The slow decomposition of the 5-8mm bark bring minerals.

When plants are mature the roots are 25-30cm deep in the soil, i just push slowly the pot to not damage the roots and voilà ready to be planted in the garden.

I saw in Spain many P. broteroi seedlings growing under pines in needles and barks, that gave me idea to reproduce what i saw. 
Never lost a paeonie during our warm summers.

[Hans J]

This is a cross that I made many years ago:
P.coriacea x P.lactiflora 'White Wings'
Since I was not sure that P.coriacea could survive the winter here I had the idea to pollinate them with P.lactiflora pollen (so that at least the offspring survive)
Crossing was successful ... but P.coriacea was in the plant sky the next year
The plant here has survived all winter so far without problems ... but does not make seeds ...
You can see that the foliage of P.coriacea has been inherited (shape and color)
Also on the carpells ...

[Hans J]

2004 grown from w.c. seeds( SPIN Expedtion Italy ) :

Paeonia officinalis var. italica  ex Gran Sasso

[Gail]

P. mlokosewitschii (spellcheck suggests micro switch!)
This clear lemon form was a gift from a kind neighbour as I left mine in Suffolk.

[Leena]

Very nice yellow, Gail.

[Gerdk]

Some Paeonia species from last week

1. Paeonia japonica
2.+3.  P. rockii
4.+5.  Paeonia officinalis ex Monte Baldo/(Italy

Gerd