The Peony Society | Alain | Favorites https://www.peonysociety.org/members-2/phenix/activity/favorites/ Activity feed of Alain's favorites. Mon, 25 May 2026 19:58:36 +0200 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6f13214d80d0aa3062152c420f50492b A few more days and the bulk of the standard hybrid cultivars will start flowering. Red Charm, Coral Charm, Command Performance, Cytherea shall Bloom the following week. We, and many others, are hybridizing for early varieties. As can be seen from the plants now flowering we're advancing well. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/1853/ Wed, 19 May 2021 18:31:23 +0200

A few more days and the bulk of the standard hybrid cultivars will start flowering. Red Charm, Coral Charm, Command Performance, Cytherea shall Bloom the following week. We, and many others, are hybridizing for early varieties. As can be seen from the plants now flowering we’re advancing well.

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]]> 0 136334060b5424392d83f1e4c82df9c3 Clearstream. Somewhat beige fading to white. Great plant habit, large buds, early. Comes from Claire de Lune x Estria. This plant and its' father by hybridizer Thierry Rat. The mother Claire de Lune is from P. lactiflora x P. mlokosewitchii, which was a very difficult cross. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/1851/ Tue, 18 May 2021 14:08:22 +0200

Clearstream. Somewhat beige fading to white. Great plant habit, large buds, early. Comes from Claire de Lune x Estria. This plant and its’ father by hybridizer Thierry Rat. The mother Claire de Lune is from P. lactiflora x P. mlokosewitchii, which was a very difficult cross.

]]> 0 fe4ad6de149340a82ebd09c31e48918f Paeonia mlokosewitchii, or at least some garden hybrid of it, I'm unsure whether this corresponds to the wild species. The leaflets are divided till 13 sometimes (5-3-5), which is unlike the species description of 9 (3-3-3). I have better yellows than this, but without doubt mlokosewitchii features in the ancestry of all of them. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/1850/ Tue, 18 May 2021 14:02:52 +0200

Paeonia mlokosewitchii, or at least some garden hybrid of it, I’m unsure whether this corresponds to the wild species. The leaflets are divided till 13 sometimes (5-3-5), which is unlike the species description of 9 (3-3-3). I have better yellows than this, but without doubt mlokosewitchii features in the ancestry of all of them.

]]> 0 516e0f4751a1d405252480651280b7ac There's no denying that The American Peony Society is doing great work currently. Despite its' geographic denomination, it is recommended for every peony enthusiast worldwide to become a member. If you choose a digital subscription only, it's quite cheap as well. Their latest publication of their Bulletin features a long article by Don Smith which I find very interesting. He surveys the species classifications and summarizes both DNA and morphological studies to come up with a unified classification. I find it wonderful how he was able to trace the discrepancy between both views back to some wrongly labeled P. mascula russoi being P. corsica and P. anomala being P. intermedia. He then also places non-DNA sampled species within his classification. A very highly recommended article, especially if you're into species. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/1817/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 21:17:16 +0200

There’s no denying that The American Peony Society is doing great work currently. Despite its’ geographic denomination, it is recommended for every peony enthusiast worldwide to become a member. If you choose a digital subscription only, it’s quite cheap as well. Their latest publication of their Bulletin features a long article by Don Smith which…Read More
]]> 0 56edc971dd8432af64cb8bc7f7947950 Paeonia emodi (Greenhouse grown). https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/1810/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:44:08 +0200

Paeonia emodi (Greenhouse grown).

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]]> 0 3e8a2f78d0e6a47755516874e89dc036 Early Caucasian Hybrid finally flowering. All other ones are still far behind. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/1804/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:57:16 +0200

Early Caucasian Hybrid finally flowering. All other ones are still far behind.
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]]> 0 2d5ce0debef71e9362c4b7e2f3f5a81e First flower of the season outside and it's only March 26th. P. kesrouanensis. Strong agreeable fragrance. The foliage develops further after flowering. Flowering times are usually compared to Red Charm. That one normally flowers May 10-15 here. So the offset is approximately 45 days earlier. I don't have any other peony flowering this early https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/1779/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:49:22 +0100

First flower of the season outside and it’s only March 26th. P. kesrouanensis. Strong agreeable fragrance. The foliage develops further after flowering. Flowering times are usually compared to Red Charm. That one normally flowers May 10-15 here. So the offset is approximately 45 days earlier. I don’t have any other peony flowering this early

]]> 0 7bc4f620cdfba1311cc42fe0d17fb145 The Forums have now been closed (except for the forum where you can comment on posts/articles from our 'magazine'). It was from the beginning somewhat doubtful whether both a forum and an activity wall would not be confusing. If they would integrate well with one another I'd still stand behind it, but although the discussion topics do appear nicely into the activity wall, the other way around doesn't work too well. I'm no IT-geek myself so I can't fix this and paying someone for doing this will be too much trouble for the few benefits gained. The Forum wasn't too much used, something which can obviously be seen at other websites as well (the once-vibrant yahoo peony groups have simply been abandoned and then deleted). All discussions, be they interesting or not, are happening at other social media, mostly facebook and instagram. They all have their own activity wall in one form or another, so I guess this is pretty much the current standard. Therefore, from now on, only this activity wall will be available for easy public conversation. Private messages are of course still possible (after friendships have been accepted). From time to time we try to update the species pages. Usually images are fetched from different social media, but it takes a lot of work to filter the wrong ones out. So to lower the work pressure there we try to obtain images of the species in the wild from people that have visited these places or live nearby. Here's an image of P. daurica ssp tomentosa from North-East Iran, Golestan Province. More can be seen on the page of this species. It would prefer calling this (sub-)species P. wittmanniana ssp tomentosa, but as Hong's new book about peony species is forthcoming I'll see what he will make of it. Thanks @harrie50 for the images. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/1731/ Fri, 19 Feb 2021 05:06:07 +0100

The Forums have now been closed (except for the forum where you can comment on posts/articles from our ‘magazine’). It was from the beginning somewhat doubtful whether both a forum and an activity wall would not be confusing. If they would integrate well with one another I’d still stand behind it, but although the discussion topics do appear…Read More

]]> 1 839544d857f59978b9a2c51d89ebacae Freezing cold outside and snow on the ground. In our unheated plastic hoophouses, the first peonies are peeking through the soil. Only the ones treated with Ga3 as yet, the other ones will surely follow suit. Half of the rows received this treatment. Two left rows are Old Faithful, four right ones The Fawn. https://www.peonysociety.org/activity-3/p/1740/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:08:01 +0100

Freezing cold outside and snow on the ground. In our unheated plastic hoophouses, the first peonies are peeking through the soil. Only the ones treated with Ga3 as yet, the other ones will surely follow suit. Half of the rows received this treatment. Two left rows are Old Faithful, four right ones The Fawn.

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