The Peony Society | Ruenette | Favorites

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.

Wed, 13 May 2026 06:21:24 +0200

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.

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 Blushing Princess and Old Faithful and got a few seeds last year. I have pollinated B3 with other similar peonies like B2 and B1 but results are still to come. I have a couple of seedlings from Andreas Maschke open pollinated still very small. This plant and its siblings are very promising for breeding

Sun, 10 May 2026 21:46:24 +0200

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...

Sun, 10 May 2026 18:50:24 +0200

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…

Peony from Beata wrote a new post

Wed, 06 May 2026 06:33:15 +0200

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.

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:34:38 +0100

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 information. We are very grateful to all of you for your wealth of knowledge, for your work, and personally to Кoen. About us: we are a small family nursery called ‘Peonies from Beata’. Beata(54), Anastasia(25) and sister Evelina(21). The first seedlings were planted in 2012. Although our great-grandmother grew peonies and left us a century-old bush, everything that could be preserved, or rather, preserved itself. In fact, it was a hobby that grew into an incurable disease that still has us in its grip. With all due respect to the Russians and with conditional gratitude for all the wonderful things they have given us, peonies are our main medicine for the soul. We don't want to talk about politics, but unfortunately, politics has had a negative impact on our lives and slowed down our plans to develop and popularise peony cultivation in Ukraine. We have 4 hectares of land where we grow peonies. We sell both cut flowers and roots to our friends and customers. We have about 350-400 varieties of peonies (the varieties are currently being replenished), in different quantities depending on the variety, but in total there are at least 50,000 roots.We only use organic fertilisers. But to answer your question, we have a wonderful climate and soil in Ukraine. Sometimes a root gets lost, but it sprouts on its own. Our job is to observe the peonies and respond to the plants' needs in a timely manner. We consciously began hybridisation in 2017. You could say it's a hobby, nothing to brag about, because, as you know, it takes time and patience to grow peonies. There were many mistakes and hopes for the future. We had questions about survival, cutting flowers, and so on, and it takes a lot of time because we are on our own and have little time for crosses. The men are defending our country, so everything is on the women's shoulders. We will probably give up our tractor licence. But at the moment, despite the difficult situation, we have energy and interest in sports, because we have nothing to lose. We studied various aspects, learned a little about biology, techniques and, in general, understanding plants as individuals. Of course, there will be results and experience, which we will share. But at the moment, we are good students and will be glad of any help you can give us in growing peonies. Yours sincerely, Anastasia.

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:06:54 +0100

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

+13