The Peony Society | Edyta Białous Cieślak | Friends Activity https://www.peonysociety.org/members-2/edyta-bialous-cieslak/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Edyta Białous Cieślak's friends. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:20:20 +0200 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0cee16da3883171b252e426903604964 This may look as a common seedling. Not special and multi petal/ semi double flower. It’s a seedling from Flevo Star. Probably from pollen with Blushing Princess. After discarding several seedlings from Flevo Star with dull single flower this seedling indicates that Flevo Star has (hopefully) doubleness in its genes. The foliage is nice and large which is the best feature of Flevo Star as well. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/4402/ Thu, 21 May 2026 08:05:14 +0200

This may look as a common seedling. Not special and multi petal/ semi double flower.
It’s a seedling from Flevo Star. Probably from pollen with Blushing Princess.
After discarding several seedlings from Flevo Star with dull single flower this seedling indicates that Flevo Star has (hopefully) doubleness in its genes.
The foliage is nice a…Read More
]]> 0 49fe441a505396ccc38e7e635b205efd Dick posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/4348/ Mon, 04 May 2026 12:05:16 +0200

Paeonia sterniana. Seedling.

]]> 4 6683b8aea0903d0dd7fa45a06e53c74e Paeonia obovata var willmottiae https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/4354/ Sun, 03 May 2026 13:09:55 +0200

Paeonia obovata var willmottiae
]]> 0 520b390a419c244acf110b03115e9979 Paeonia obovata alba Gun Su Che. Stigma‘s same colour like P. japonica? We try to trace its origin but failed until yet. Probably a plant from the former nursery Chen Yi https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/4353/ Sun, 03 May 2026 13:08:15 +0200

Paeonia obovata alba Gun Su Che. Stigma‘s same colour like P. japonica?
We try to trace its origin but failed until yet.
Probably a plant from the former nursery Chen Yi
]]> 0 8f997626129ec218f8bc9036fe821752 Paeonia rockii ssp linyanshanii Shennongjia showing nice “true rockii” foliage. A superior subspecies from Hubei China https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/4352/ Sun, 03 May 2026 13:03:52 +0200

Paeonia rockii ssp linyanshanii Shennongjia showing nice “true rockii” foliage. A superior subspecies from Hubei China

]]> 0 f15912de5fda5514efc44c0147807405 Dick posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/4347/ Sun, 03 May 2026 10:54:17 +0200

Foliage on several (true) Paeonia emodi.
Most are grown from seeds
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]]> 0 f444555356280780403600364647d2f4 Michele wrote a new post https://www.peonysociety.org/?p=35924 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:17:33 +0100 0 fcd34b13b5602c1f7b2bc66b5242d415 Some recent developments with Gansu Mudan... Gansu Mudan are tree Peonies with distinctive flares on the lower parts of the petals. Sometimes these are red, sometimes very dark, almost black, and at other times, not so obvious. These flares are known by the Chinese as ‘purple spots’. The plants are generally tall and vigorous, floriferous and robust. They are also cold tolerant, drought tolerant and heat tolerant. Mostly they are fragrant with very large blooms. And the plants famous for being extremely long lived. In the last 100 years a tremendous amount of hybridising has been done with these in the West, and in China during the last 50 years. It seems that most of the Western cultivars and hybrids with some Gansu lineage, have been bred from the original 3 packets of Garden Peony seeds that were sent from Gansu by Joseph Rock, an Austrian plant hunter in the pay of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University. These were not Paeonia rockii, and in fact, were not wild pure species, but were hybridised varieties – China has been breeding Peonies for millenia. So those 3 sent packets were a very small gene pool. There are many more amazing Gansu Mudan varieties. More recently, Gansu Peonies have been made available by the by some growers in South Gansu. The most famous breeder during these years was Chen De Zhong. His brother-in-law, Yang Chen Wei, has also been breeding all this time. And many of his new cultivars are available from the main Gansu nurseries. However, there is one enormous challenge, and that is that the Chinese names usually triple word names for each cultivar don't mean much to Western buyers nor are they memorable for Westerners, because they don’t know the meaning of those Romanised Chinese words. The Yang family have recently given Westernised, mostly descriptive names to many of their peonies. And this should assist with buyers remembering the names of their purchased Peonies. This should also make them more attractive to own. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/4010/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:17:29 +0200

Some recent developments with Gansu Mudan…

Gansu Mudan are tree Peonies with distinctive flares on the lower parts of the petals. Sometimes these are red, sometimes very dark, almost black, and at other times, not so obvious. These flares are known by the Chinese as ‘purple spots’.

The plants are generally tall and vigorous, flo…Read More
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]]> 0 fa639c9a1e9103b9189489c0d3529b8a Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2926/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 09:01:30 +0200

Paeonia veitchii flowers for the first time. A plant bought to Gerhard Raschun. 3 years ago.
]]> 2 020e8c1ac98afe835de32b2a5ca0cbc5 Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2927/ Wed, 31 May 2023 12:30:51 +0200

Maybe soon photos of 2 other peonies. One of them did flower 2 years ago but I don’t know what it is. I got it from a french collector who himself grew it from seed received from a botanical garden as “Paeonia cambessedesii” but was suspicious on the name (his was right). The second one is a peony I originaly got from seed received from a…Read More

]]> 0 2d837baa9503578c314bd282a3d24eb9 Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2921/ Wed, 24 May 2023 09:43:44 +0200

P. emodi flowers well

]]> 0 df5903d0b0301247737bdf18c5cd2c1d Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2920/ Wed, 24 May 2023 09:34:43 +0200

This plant is issued from seeds received from SRGC under the name of P. emodi which is obviously not. It could either be a hybrid (maybe between mlokosewitschii and caucasica) or something else.

]]> 0 13264e0de9104540d27f0d860697dc02 Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2919/ Wed, 24 May 2023 09:17:24 +0200

P. wendelboi flowered on the 29th of April for the first time.

]]> 0 ef89cdda8b2c81c2af11c712e2a9cc7f The plant I received as Paeonia corsica, but as previously said it might be P. morisii. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2864/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:24:09 +0200

The plant I received as Paeonia corsica, but as previously said it might be P. morisii.
]]> 0 b2e0f93fe0de3d55869141c1424f0dda Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2857/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:12:29 +0200

Paeonia sp. received as P. morisii but it is wholly glabrous, so it could be P. mascula ssp. russoi.

]]> 3 2955760826860ec29eb49ec61126ceb1 Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2858/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:12:03 +0200

Paeonia daurica ssp. wendelboi is ready to flower but I lost P. decomposita and P. daurica ssp. velebitensis.

]]> 2 07760b3b0eeae26f3669e43acc061103 Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2856/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:10:51 +0200

Paeonia mascula ssp. bodurii

]]> 0 2228222e454a568742b94e9edf338b2c Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2855/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:09:44 +0200

Paeonia mascula ssp. mascula from south of France
]]> 0 2d0329d23b0a078be6690be355c3cf08 Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2854/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:07:36 +0200

Paeonia obovata subsp. obovata (P. japonica)

]]> 0 2853bbe6df56ec8025f2c42f3139249f Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2853/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:05:31 +0200

Paeonia obovata Alba flowers for the first time
]]> 0 0a11a7231ba2105b22104b505067efaf Alain posted an update in the group Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2852/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:02:34 +0200

This year some of my peonies flowers/flowered for the first time.
Paeonia kesrouanensis

]]> 0 41d95ef0b47159e4f8d5a42d017fa6c2 В прошлом сезоне я получил массу удовольствия от цветения моих новых сеянцев. Это было их первое цветение. Они были все разные и все симпатичные. В этом новом сезоне я надеюсь увидеть еще больше интересного. Вполне возможно время цветения в этом сезоне сдвинется, но на качество не должно повлиять. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/2171/ Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:24:45 +0100

В прошлом сезоне я получил массу удовольствия от цветения моих новых сеянцев. Это было их первое цветение. Они были все разные и все симпатичные. В этом новом сезоне я надеюсь увидеть еще больше интересного. Вполне возможно время цветения в этом сезоне сдвинется, но на качество не должно повлиять.
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]]> 2 99c6bf7e78f157925ab4d60634ed23bf Luriel wrote a new post https://www.peonysociety.org/?p=29027 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:30:55 +0100 0 e99174ad3212c3a21f891db883b9ff58 Last year my 'Lorelei' made a flower much lighter than the original, special neon-orange-reddish pink colour (how to describe the colour of 'Lorelei' - impossible!) . I will check if this happens again, and then isolate the part of the root. Has this happened to any of you? https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/1337/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:14:53 +0200

Last year my ‘Lorelei’ made a flower much lighter than the original, special neon-orange-reddish pink colour (how to describe the colour of ‘Lorelei’ – impossible!) . I will check if this happens again, and then isolate the part of the root.
Has this happened to any of you?
]]> 9 5feb4b73d69994c55b0cd317ddf9e9f0 Paul wrote a new post https://www.peonysociety.org/?p=25486 Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:11:55 +0200 3 357d3321d17a0e38742c9ee20c1e885d Luriel commented on the post, Red Windflower https://www.peonysociety.org/red-windflower/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 07:16:58 +0200

I grow this later windflower strain with the Tolomeo ten as father

Seidl is mentioned – i got 5 different plants of this strain – but only 3 of them has survived

For many years they did not set any seeds..

]]> fa25011b335d16acf8f2055d7db4f68a Luriel commented on the post, Concordia Droysen https://www.peonysociety.org/concordia-droysen/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 07:11:10 +0200

Fawkner is an exelent breeder.. i have known him for many years.. and have some of his plants and seedlings here – he is rude.. when he choose what seedlings survives.. high expetations too –
he learned me many

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