Updated with some more info I received from Aleksej.
Another P. daurica. This time subspecies daurica. Grows next to subsp coriifolia, so easier to compare. Greener foliage, much wider leaflets. Colour of the flowers is the same. Somewhat taller. Same flowering time. The main difference surely is the shape of the leaflets. I find the daurica classification rather difficult, but we can’t change it.…Read More
One of a few different Paeonia daurica flowering now. Bought as Paeonia Ruprechtiana, it should be daurica subspecies coriifolia if I’m not mistaken. Red petals when in bud, but when open they fade somewhat. The leaflets are longer than they are wide. A purplish cast to the foliage. Rather short growing.
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For years I’ve tried to make some crosses with Belleville, a very large and double dark pink lactiflora, which is the mother of that enormous Command Performance. I got it from Don Hollingsworth a long time ago. I hardly got a few seeds after many many crosses. These are two that are about to flower for the first time in a few weeks’ time. First…Read More
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