Paeonia mascula ssp. mascula from south of France

Paeonia obovata subsp. obovata (P. japonica)

Paeonia obovata Alba flowers for the first time

This year some of my peonies flowers/flowered for the first time.
Paeonia kesrouanensis

Almost there, the first one to flower here (perhaps P. clusii would be earlier, but that one didn’t survive again): P. kesrouanensis. Blooms well before the leaflets are fully developed, I suppose in very cold weather (or high up the mountains in deeper shade) it may postpone this blooming somewhat until the leaflets are more mature. I did have a…Read More