Today the peony world has lost a great man; Don Hollingsworth passed away at a blessed age. He was the founder and owner of Hollingsworth nursery before it was sold. A great hybridizer of peonies and prolific contributor to many peony discussions, you can find many very informative articles within the APS Bulletins or the Paeonia newsletters. If…Read More

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One of the big boys in Holland:

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Peter van Delft on Instagram:

724 likes, 57 comments - petervandelft.flowers on June 3, 2026: "It’s Peony time!! Visited @mypeonysociety grower Karsten in the North of Holland! Multiple harvesting team are collecting the peonies, in 15min the full crates are on the way to the post harvest! Enjoy the Peonies now! #Peonies #peony #peonyflower #peonyseason #florist @coloriginz".

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An article about the Dutch peony growing business. Molenaar and Scholten being interviewed.
https://www.nieuweoogst.nl/nieuws/2026/06/01/populariteit-van-nederlandse-pioenrozen-neemt-toe

Populariteit van Nederlandse pioenrozen neemt toe

Pioenrozen zijn ongekend populair. De uitbundige snijbloemen danken dat onder meer aan de bloei rondom Moederdag. Maar ook als vaste plant kent de pioenroos een groeiend aantal liefhebbers. Voor beide doeleinden is de regio West-Friesland het epicentrum van de teelt.

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Estria. Short, upright, floriferous. It’s good.

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Strong Coral (from Old Faithful x Coral Charm).. These are second year plants, they’ll increase a lot over time. Fades beautifully I think. You can see the Paeonia peregrina background still in the lobes on the leaflets.

I’ve always considered Old Faithful one of the most beautiful fading peonies. You wouldn’t expect it when those dark red buds first open…

Tangerine (Gamoletti, 2021). Received from @roberto Roberto Gamoletti. A nice one. Extremely large buds unfold into large apricot coloured flowers. The stems can hold them upright.

Peony Cariad, received from @leena Leena Liljestrand. A short double yellow, the main attraction ibeing the very greenish buds.

A beautiful plant which I received from @roberto (Roberto Gamoletti) three years ago. An unnamed selection from the cross Fairfield x Little Dorrit. It has P. peregrina-like foliage and I very much like the color of the flower. Easy growing also.

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One of Hans Maschke’s masterpieces now in bloom here: Andreas Maschke (from Bartzella x Lemon Chiffon, thus an intersectional backcross!). As it grows older, the flowers tend to become much larger and more double. Really impressive I think…

Early hybrids are blooming (Vanilla Schnapps, Ballerina, Pink Vanguard, Grand Massive…). Still too early for Red Charm. Pictures show a field of previously selected and propagated seedlings that eventually weren’t good enough. Six years old, so fully mature. Still a pretty sight I think.

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Paeonia qiui.

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Peony Forever Yours. A young plant grown in a hoop house. It tolerated the heat very well.

P. obovata hybrid. With tomentose carpels this must be a garden hybrid. Much easier growing compared to the true species.

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Not completely sure what this is. Received it as ‘unknown’, but from wild collected seeds in former Yugoslavia. P. velebitensis, P. mascula, P. daurica? This is a first year plant so it may well change the following years, perhaps then I’ll be able to tell what it is, but I find it already rather attractive.

Paeonia tenuifolia

Paeonia clusii.

A nice unregistered plant in bloom here. Still in the midst of ‘species season’, thus really early. This plant is the result of P. lactiflora President Lincoln x P. wittmanniana , a cross made by Roberto Gamoletti @roberto . P. wittmanniana is the species that contributes the earliness obviously.This is the third year after planting the division…Read More

Paeonia wendelboi.

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Paeonia japonica. Needs a lot of shade. Slow increase. Most greenish buds I’ve seen in species.

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Many years ago I got my first plants of P. caucasica grown from seeds I had received from Will McLewin (UK). One of the seedlings was different from all others. It flowered at the same time and had the same height, but there were more leaflets to a leaf (usually 11 instead of the 9 which is typical of P. caucasica) which were also somewhat shorter…Read More

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Slightly unusual form of Paeonia wittmanniana. Shorter and slightly wavy leaflets which are also somewhat smaller.

An unusual form of P. caucasica which has 11 leaflets on the largest leaves. Otherwise identical to the species.

Paeonia caucasica

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Paeonia x litvinskajae

Paeonia daurica ssp daurica (P. triternata). Rather small, short, somewhat wavy leaflets. Early flowering.

Division received from Hans Maschke (DE). His plant grown from seed supplied by Will McLewin. Resembles the description quite well. Short growing, pale yellowish in bud, turning white at blooming time. Some pale

Paeonia broteri. Nice glossy foliage, good stem strength, pretty flower. Does need drier soil, several plants lost due to somewhat long periods of rain previous year and Winter.

March 1st, some species are already growing strong outside. P. emodi has lots of stems, but experience from years past tells us that some cold harsh weather along the way to blooming will heavily damage them again. But before that happens they always look very promising. The second image shows P. triternata, or P. daurica ssp daurica as it is…Read More

March 1st, Coral Charm and Coral Sunset in our unheated high tunnels.

Hello Peony friends all over the world. We are grateful to join this honorable society. Our main interest is tree peony propagation by grafting ( suffruticosa, lutea and rockii ). We are still learning and trying to improve our grafting skills to get 3 year old strong tree peonies available in retail market for peony enthusiasts, collectors and to…Read More

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Hello Peony friends all over the world. We are grateful to join this honorable society. Our main interest is tree peony propagation by grafting ( suffruticosa, lutea and rockii ). We are still learning and trying to improve our grafting skills to get 3 year old strong tree peonies available in retail market for peony enthusiasts, collectors and to…Read More

purchased at albiflora.be – origin from Eastern Russia / Ussuri river area

For those wanting to read more about peony species, and more specifically about those growing on Russian territory (or nearby in the Caucasus). Sergey Banketov has written several interesting articles about them. It’s in Russian, but if you use chrome or another modern browser you’ll get instant translation so you’re sure to learn a…Read More

Paeonia emodi. A plant wild collected in Pakistan. It didn’t grow too well before and was replanted last Autumn. Seems to do better now and it bloomed for the very first time here. Not sure if it is due to the replanting, but the sepals don’t really show those long ‘tails’ (caudate) and the bud was more rounded than pointed as I’m used to in this…Read More

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Got an e-mail telling me that registration wasn’t working for the site, or at least activation mails not arriving. Manually activated some applications. Made some changes to the registration / login settings, hope it works now, I’m no IT specialist unfortunately. If any problems, feel free to send an e-mail to info@peonysociety.org , if people…Read More

Some photos from this season, all species have finished blooming. This is P. japonica. Flower colour somewhat greenish pale yellow. Didn’t see it open, as the flower was destroyed to hybridize with it.

A new book about the greatest peony hybridizer A.P. Saunders 😀

Now registered: Strong Coral. Formerly known as OFF-4. As young plant single to semi-double, when older semi-double to nearly full double.

Peak bloom time. First one shown is Mieke Bral. Second one as yet unnamed, Mieke Bral F2. Third one is Christine Carrette.

Nelda’s Joy. Within this group (the ones resembling Salmon Dream), it is the best IMHO. Closed buds, rather double, upright. Not the fastest increaser though.

Andreas Maschke. From the cross Bartzella x Lemon Chiffon. Healthy, good and pretty.

Paeonia arietina (from Turkey).

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Paeonia obovata alba

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P. mascula russoi hybrid (probably x P. cambessedesii)

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https://www.instagram.com/p/DILQox4NXOR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Paeonia kesrouanensis in Lebanon, Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve (50 km NE of Beirut, in the Mountains)

Paeonia x litvinskajae (P. wittmanniana x P. caucasica). Except for the colour, very much alike P. wittmanniana. Not much pink in this plant, but it does have a nice greenish yellow shine in bud, which then fades into something milky white.

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P. caucasica itself. All different plants, from selected mothers, ranging from pale pink to dark red, these seedlings nearly all flower dark reddish pink. Leaflets rather variable, small or large, wavy or flat, narrow or wide. All leaves made up of 9 leaflets though (3+3+3).

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