One of my favorite growers has been Irene Tolomeo and with each new one in the garden I have been able to enjoy her fine breeding work. Started with ‘Sonoma Welcome’ and since then there have been almost 1-2 new ones per year. The interesting are her variety of Itoh peonies and how well grown the plants are. Know that there may be some new…Read More
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Have bought peonies on several occasions based on the name and the first was probably ‘Going Bananas’ who doesn’t want one with that name? Or haven’t we all had a ‘Bad Hair Day’? Who hasn’t been sitting with a bad card in the card game ‘Svarte Peter’. Those make me happy and are easy to remember. What is your best name peony and why?
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Got a seedling 2015 from Teppi and it had rather small and not very attractive flowers, but there was something about the color of the flower that appealed to me. The leaves were stout and quite tall, so I suspected that the flowers would develop as the root grew larger. Today it makes single and semi-double flowers now and the color is really…Read More
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Great plants, you sure have a nice collection of species plants! P. jishanensis I’ve not often seen before. I’m only vaguely aware of the differences between species tree peonies (I’m mostly into herbaceous ones), but the foliage of this one reminds me a bit of P. decomposita (short, lobed leaflets). Pretty plant! Thanks for posting!
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Hi Koen, I got the P. jishanensis from Giessler , i had a P.decomposita ssp. rotundiloba once too , it didn’t make it – good drainage, a slightly raised planting site or a slope as a planting site are advantageous. Dick Westland also has the P. jishanensis in culture. With mine I have taken 2 scions u. grafted on P. lactiflora – roots – am…Read More
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Yes, I noticed Giessler had it in his catalogue. I’ve read it also grows from shoots that appear further along its roots, helping it to spread. I used to have several P. decomposita grown from seed in the past, but the only one left here is also somewhat struggling. The advise you give about growing them are things I also try doing, but it seems…Read More
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Yes, it is true – the P. jishanensis forms runners from the rootstock – by the way also a characteristic of P. qiui . These runners are allowed to grow a little stronger and are separated from the rootstock in the fall, leaving a young plant without grafting or pollinating. Over the young plant I give a large pot from October to March (like a…Read More
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Pretty color indeed 🙂