Warm days and cold nights tend to result in deeper red colouring leaves. If one is looking for pretty reddish young foliage, many intersectionals are a good choice with their maple-like foliage at that stage of growth. I don’t necessarily select for it in my seedlings, but it can be an added bonus for sure. Here some of the nicer ones amongst the…Read More
Some images of species peonies as they are growing now. Images 1-2: P. kesrouanensis. 3: P. cambessedesii. 4: P. morisii. 5: P. wittmanniana. 6: P. emodi. 7: P. mascula bodurii. 8: P. mascula hellenica. 9: P. mascula mascula (from Turkey).
An interview with Alec White from Primrose Hall Peonies in the UK.
The peonies are growing strong, but it seems not all as good as last year. My tunnel with the whte lactiflore Mme. Claude Tain seems to have less stems than previous year and the sunny weather the last days has scorched some leaves, which results in botrytis of course. Fortunately the other varieties seem less susceptible. What caught my eye…Read More
For those interested in Saunders peonies, a new facebook group has just been created. Apparently there’s quite some interest in it as in only a few hours it has accumulated nearly 400 members and many pictures of both common and rare Saunders varieties. Nova, Ballerina, Elizabeth Cahn, Postilion, Lotus Bloom, Cytherea, Little Dorrit, … they’re…Read More
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