A sunny and warm day we have, peonies going fast. Here’s what I consider to be the best single yellow: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a class=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; title=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div class=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;wpg-tooltip-content&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p style=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;text-align: justify;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Seedling MI 202. Single. Hybrid. Guards yellow. Formal finish of petal-cup initially illuminated by interior green-glow. Pale yellow &amp;amp;lt;a class=&amp;amp;quot;wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip&amp;amp;quot; title=&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;lt;div class=&amp;amp;amp;quot;wpg-tooltip-content&amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;filament: the stalk of a stamen&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;quot;https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/filaments/&amp;amp;quot; &amp;amp;gt;filaments&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt; greyish at base. Pastel green &lt;a class=&quot;wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip&quot; title=&quot;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;wpg-tooltip-content&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;carpel: an organ at the centre of a flower, bearing one or more ovules and having its margins fused together or with other carpels to enclose the <a class="wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip" title="&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;a part inside the ovary (= organ that produces eggs) of a plant that contains the female sex cell and develops into a seed when that cell is fertilized&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;" href="https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/ovule/" >ovule</a> in an <a class="wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip" title="&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;the hollow base of the carpel of a flower, containing one or more ovules&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;" href="https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/ovary/" >ovary</a>, and consisting also of a <a class="wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip" title="&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pollen-receptive surface of a carpel, usually sticky. It sits above the ovary on the style.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;" href="https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/stigma/" >stigma</a> and usually a style.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&quot; href=&quot;https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/carpels/&quot; &gt;carpels&lt;/a&gt; with pale pink stigmata. Seed-fertile. Bush has hybrid vigor. Husky stems. First bloomed 2001. Early.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/concordia-droysen/&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Concordia Droysen&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;. Exceptional plant habit and an attractive lime yellow colour.

These are some failures within my seedlings, flowering now (&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a class=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; title=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div class=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;wpg-tooltip-content&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p style=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;text-align: justify;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Parentage: Minnie Shaylor x Otto Froebel, first bloomed about 1965; seedling number unknown. Double hybrid, deep coral, flat form, reliable, &lt;a class=&quot;wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip&quot; title=&quot;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;wpg-tooltip-content&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;stamen: one of the male organs of a flower, consisting typically of a stalk (filament) and a pollen-bearing portion (anther)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&quot; href=&quot;https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/stamens/&quot; &gt;stamens&lt;/a&gt;, pollen, no seeds, fragrant. Good substance. Good stem strength with excellent foliage, 34 inches, early, vigorous. Appears to be a sister seedling of &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a class=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; title=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div class=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;wpg-tooltip-content&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;F2, inbred Officinalis Otto Froebel (tetraploid). A huge bowl shaped flower with a brilliant penetrating coral color, which has a mild agreeable sheen. The color lightens to a pale cream as the golden center of stamen&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#039;s is approached. It is semi-double. The guards and second row of petals are large and have no undesirable petal notches. The petals become narrower and become gradually erect toward the center of the flower. The flower has unusual substance and is a free bloomer. Borne on 36 in. rigid stems, with good foliage. It is late &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;June 1st here&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; for a hybrid, and has real vigor. It had three blooms the first time it bloomed in 1S62, seven blooms the second year in 1963, and ten blooms in 1984. It has the stamina to stay in refrigeration for ten days at least and still do well. Seedling # 640.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/coral-<a class="wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip" title="&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Very dark red Jap. Good upright grower, vigorous, late, 34 inches. An improvement on Fuyajo. Seedling # JE-3.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Award of Landscape Merit (ALM) description: &#039;Charm&#039; (Franklin, 1931) Lactiflora Group, Late mid-season, 38? — A lustrous and satiny, dark red Japanese form bloom with a center of the same red petaloids, etched yellow. Stiff and relatively straight stems angle outward gracefully to form a very large, harmoniously mounded, fountain of blooms. An eight-year-old plant matures to 40 or so stems that emerge from a relatively compact area. Although individual blooms are at their peak for a shorter duration than those of other lactifloras, plenty of side buds help &#039;Charm&#039; maintain its striking presence in the landscape. One of the later Japanese form peonies to bloom.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;" href="https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/charm/" >charm</a>/&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; &amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Coral <a class="wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip" title="&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Very dark red Jap. Good upright grower, vigorous, late, 34 inches. An improvement on Fuyajo. Seedling # JE-3.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Award of Landscape Merit (ALM) description: &#039;Charm&#039; (Franklin, 1931) Lactiflora Group, Late mid-season, 38? — A lustrous and satiny, dark red Japanese form bloom with a center of the same red petaloids, etched yellow. Stiff and relatively straight stems angle outward gracefully to form a very large, harmoniously mounded, fountain of blooms. An eight-year-old plant matures to 40 or so stems that emerge from a relatively compact area. Although individual blooms are at their peak for a shorter duration than those of other lactifloras, plenty of side buds help &#039;Charm&#039; maintain its striking presence in the landscape. One of the later Japanese form peonies to bloom.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;" href="https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/charm/" >Charm</a>&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;. Mr. Wissing worked over 26 years to achieve these beautiful and unique coral hybrids. One bud per stem. Plant patent applied for.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p style=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;text-align: justify;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Award of Landscape Merit (ALM) description: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#039;Coral Sunset&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#039; (Wissing, 1965) Herbaceous Hybrid, Semi-double, Early, 32? — Big (five inches across x two and a half inches deep), durable, semi-double, cupped shaped, coral-rose flowers, that open wider and turn the color of parchment as they age. Individual flowers retain their form and stay viable decorative elements for an exceptionally long time in situ. With occasional side buds helping to prolong the flowering period, blooms at different stages of development will be present on a single plant. Stems emerge yellow-green from the ground in the spring. Foliage is larger but less finely cut than that of &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#039;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a class=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; title=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div class=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;wpg-tooltip-content&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;F2, inbred Officinalis Otto Froebel (tetraploid). A huge bowl shaped flower with a brilliant penetrating coral color, which has a mild agreeable sheen. The color lightens to a pale cream as the golden center of stamen&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#039;s is approached. It is semi-double. The guards and second row of petals are large and have no undesirable petal notches. The petals become narrower and become gradually erect toward the center of the flower. The flower has unusual substance and is a free bloomer. Borne on 36 in. rigid stems, with good foliage. It is late &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;June 1st here&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; for a hybrid, and has real vigor. It had three blooms the first time it bloomed in 1S62, seven blooms the second year in 1963, and ten blooms in 1984. It has the stamina to stay in refrigeration for ten days at least and still do well. Seedling # 640.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/coral-<a class="wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip" title="&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Very dark red Jap. Good upright grower, vigorous, late, 34 inches. An improvement on Fuyajo. Seedling # JE-3.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Award of Landscape Merit (ALM) description: &#039;Charm&#039; (Franklin, 1931) Lactiflora Group, Late mid-season, 38? — A lustrous and satiny, dark red Japanese form bloom with a center of the same red petaloids, etched yellow. Stiff and relatively straight stems angle outward gracefully to form a very large, harmoniously mounded, fountain of blooms. An eight-year-old plant matures to 40 or so stems that emerge from a relatively compact area. Although individual blooms are at their peak for a shorter duration than those of other lactifloras, plenty of side buds help &#039;Charm&#039; maintain its striking presence in the landscape. One of the later Japanese form peonies to bloom.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;" href="https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/charm/" >charm</a>/&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; &amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Coral <a class="wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip" title="&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Very dark red Jap. Good upright grower, vigorous, late, 34 inches. An improvement on Fuyajo. Seedling # JE-3.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Award of Landscape Merit (ALM) description: &#039;Charm&#039; (Franklin, 1931) Lactiflora Group, Late mid-season, 38? — A lustrous and satiny, dark red Japanese form bloom with a center of the same red petaloids, etched yellow. Stiff and relatively straight stems angle outward gracefully to form a very large, harmoniously mounded, fountain of blooms. An eight-year-old plant matures to 40 or so stems that emerge from a relatively compact area. Although individual blooms are at their peak for a shorter duration than those of other lactifloras, plenty of side buds help &#039;Charm&#039; maintain its striking presence in the landscape. One of the later Japanese form peonies to bloom.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;" href="https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/charm/" >Charm</a>&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#039; and remains attractive only when soil stays evenly moist throughout the season. It withstands late freezes in Arkansas (the freeze of 2007 being the exception), but may be injured in other regions where late freezes may be harsher or more untimely. Farther north, &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#039;Coral Sunset&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#039; is reputed to survive severe winter cold down to -40º F. Increases slowly and matures to 18 stems on a ten-year-old plant . Mature roots are very long, with many never deeper than a few inches. Propagate by division or adventitious root. 2003 Gold Medalist&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;https://www.peonysociety.org/registered_peonies/coral-sunset/&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Coral Sunset&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; is now blooming, if you want to have an indication of their blooming period) . Flower pretty enough, but usually the plant habit is poor or they have ‘open buds’ which is something I don’t want.