A new book by Gail Harland. Don’t know yet if it’s good, have only glanced through it for a few minutes. It seems well researched with a long overview of the species. The history of the peony also and the use of them in art. When I’m through reading it, I can perhaps tell some more.
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Paeonia tomentosa ssp archibaldii (aka P. archibaldii).
Peonies are growing well here. Dry warm weather, very little rain, not too windy, cold nights. More or less perfect circumstances thus and the ones above ground are looking really great, such a difference with last year. Here some interesting pretty ones.
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For those that reside in the USA, this company sells wild-collected seeds of P. brownii. Usually not easy to find, so if you’d like to try your hand at it… A pity they don’t sell their seeds abroad, but given the phytosanitary regulations and costs it’s understandable.
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liked thisEven better is part two: the growing field with again the name plates followed by shots of the plants in the field. You can perfectly see which ones stand up better than others, have prettier flowers, are more floriferous, have open or closed buds and so on… The last part is the highlight: the area where @bobjohnson his seedlings are propagated.…Read More
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The seedling being referred to is at 12:59 in this video. The flowers are attractive, but the plant habit is probably the very best of any seedling I’ve grown in all my years of hybridizing. Terrifically strong stems on a compact bush. It does serve to illustrate what’s possible with modern hybrids, as far as plant habit is concerned, and just…Read More
A wonderful plant, congratulations
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Is this plant fertil ? Did you make some pollination with it? If the plant is perfect, it’s only maybe the color? They miss nothing I think. But as a cut flower more interesting than as a Garden plant?
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I’m not sure if it has pollen or not, as it is not growing at my house. Many of these double-flowered plants will have a little pollen, but you really have to search for it. Often these doubles do not have carpals either, so you have to use the pollen if you want its genetics. Here’s a photo of this plant that I took in 2022, that shows its…Read More
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This one shows the seedlings grown at Adelman’s