I am posting an image of Andreas Maschke (B3) flowering in my garden. Very nice plant, herbaceous in appearance, very similar to its pollen parent. The flowers have pollen and carpels.
I have used its pollen on so called fertile itohs to increase the tree peony characters and obtain fertile backcrosses. I tried it also on herbaceous hybrids like…Read More

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…

Paeonia sterniana. Seedling.

Paeonia obovata var willmottiae

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

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

Foliage on several (true) Paeonia emodi.
Most are grown from seeds

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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.

Today, 18 February, it is -8 degrees Celsius. We still have a garden, and we have expensive and collectible varieties of peonies. We inspected the garden, and it took our breath away: in half a metre of snow, the tree peony is already ready for spring. We are a little worried. What a thirst for life this plant has, how reckless it is.

Greetings to all peony lovers. First of all, we would like to thank Mr. Кoen Hurtekant for his invitation and for his work in promoting peonies around the world. We have been commercial members of the APS for two years, where we have gained knowledge about hybridisation and peony care. However, your website contains much more useful and relevant…Read More

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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.