From these last series, they've received a long warm period and will now go into cold storage. Here the two…
A rare gem for most peony hybridizers: B-3, an as yet unnamed and unregistered seedling from Bartzella x Lemon Chiffon, thus an intersectional backcross, of which there aren’t many. It’s a sister seedling to Moonwalk (formerly B-4) and Golden Monika (B-1). All of them hybridized by Hans Maschke from Germany. He has no nursery, and doesn’t sell, no…Read More
Thank you for your reply, and I will try an internet search for Hillary. I purchased this three years ago, and this is the first time that it has had any blooms. The name tag on the plant was Sarah Bernhardt.
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Surely not Sarah Bernhardt. You’re lucky, the seller has made an error to his detriment. Sarah Bernhardt is the most widely grown herbaceous peony, and also the cheapest one. All possible other peonies are more expensive. Intersectionals are far superior (better foliage, better stems) and more expensive.
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I paid the great sum of .50p for it as it was at the back of all the others and looked so sorry for itself and asked for a reduction. Was told that they were going to through it away.
This Peony was given to me 2004 by Jenny Archbald the widow of Jim Archbold. She said Jim grew the plant from seed collected by himself reference JJA19.199. It had never flowered. The pot was labelled 19.199
It first flowered in March 2011.
The photo of the plant in flower was taken in May 2021.
This year it has 12 flower buds and will…Read More![]()
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It is Paeonia wendelboi indeed. Very pretty and still very rare (and very expensive), not many people grow it so I’m sure there are many peony species lovers that are envious of your mature plant. The reference you give is to this species and in the Talysh mountains you have P. daurica ssp tomentosa on the side of the Caspian Sea at more or less…Read More
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Thanks for your comments. I was growing the plant in alkaline stony ground at my allotment, which has public access. I dug it up last Autumn and now keep it in a large terracotta pot at home. Photo taken today.
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Some that are now blooming.
1-2: Triphena Parkin
3-4: Valkyrie
5-6: Pink Vanguard
7: Grand MassiveStill featured on the front page: Paeonia broteri. An Iberian (Spain/Portugal) peninsula endemic locally known as Rosa albardeira (Portugal) or Rosa de Alejandria (Spain). My plant is still small and needs some more years to grow to maturity clearly. Rather late flowering for a species, but it does look quite healthy.
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It clearly is an intersectional (=herbaceous x tree peony), that’s for sure. There are nowadays many of those and many are quite alike. If you’re looking for an ID, it’s unlikely that it is very new because new ones are very expensive and one usually doesn’t forget the things that you pay high prices for. So if it’s one of the earliest…Read More