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.

It’s almost certain you’re going to waste a lot of time when a software developing company releases an ‘update’. And so we’ve tried to sort out most of the problems with the social media posts on the home page which are automatically retrieved from instagram, facebook and so on. Let’s hope it works more or less again as intended.

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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.

Some updates added on the pages of Larissa Pavlova and Erdal Kaya. Work is under way for, amongst some others, Askarova-Skakodub. If you also hybridize peonies or know someone who does, just send me a message. Wishing you all a nice day!