Hi Aulikki, Do the two forms overlap in habitats? Are the geographically isolated forms breeding pure consistently?
Nikolai Vavilov, an extremely sturdy plant with very large single red flowers, bred by Harald Fawkner. Somewhat resembling The Little Corporal, but it is much taller. Named for a Russian botanist who fell out of favour of the Communist leadership undeservingly.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_VavilovRiver Tud again (outside growing this time), an as yet unregistered plant from Harald Fawkner. A very attractive, brilliant red colour on sturdy stems with dark green leaflets. Somewhere between single and semi-double. Don’t know what its parents are, but P. peregrina surely features in it, as the foliage is reminiscent of it.
The lockdown and gardening.
https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/05/02/a-nation-of-gardenersA small documentary about a peony farm in my own country. In French, but you get to see several flowering plants with their cultivar name.
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Hi Aulikki, Do the two forms overlap in habitats? Are the geographically isolated forms breeding pure consistently?
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