Paeonia wendelboi.

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Paeonia japonica. Needs a lot of shade. Slow increase. Most greenish buds I’ve seen in species.

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Many years ago I got my first plants of P. caucasica grown from seeds I had received from Will McLewin (UK). One of the seedlings was different from all others. It flowered at the same time and had the same height, but there were more leaflets to a leaf (usually 11 instead of the 9 which is typical of P. caucasica) which were also somewhat shorter…Read More

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Paeonia daurica ssp daurica (P. triternata). Rather small, short, somewhat wavy leaflets. Early flowering.

Paeonia broteri. Nice glossy foliage, good stem strength, pretty flower. Does need drier soil, several plants lost due to somewhat long periods of rain previous year and Winter.

March 1st, some species are already growing strong outside. P. emodi has lots of stems, but experience from years past tells us that some cold harsh weather along the way to blooming will heavily damage them again. But before that happens they always look very promising. The second image shows P. triternata, or P. daurica ssp daurica as it is…Read More

For those wanting to read more about peony species, and more specifically about those growing on Russian territory (or nearby in the Caucasus). Sergey Banketov has written several interesting articles about them. It’s in Russian, but if you use chrome or another modern browser you’ll get instant translation so you’re sure to learn a…Read More

Paeonia emodi. A plant wild collected in Pakistan. It didn’t grow too well before and was replanted last Autumn. Seems to do better now and it bloomed for the very first time here. Not sure if it is due to the replanting, but the sepals don’t really show those long ‘tails’ (caudate) and the bud was more rounded than pointed as I’m used to in this…Read More

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Some photos from this season, all species have finished blooming. This is P. japonica. Flower colour somewhat greenish pale yellow. Didn’t see it open, as the flower was destroyed to hybridize with it.

Paeonia arietina (from Turkey).

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Paeonia obovata alba

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Paeonia x litvinskajae (P. wittmanniana x P. caucasica). Except for the colour, very much alike P. wittmanniana. Not much pink in this plant, but it does have a nice greenish yellow shine in bud, which then fades into something milky white.

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P. caucasica itself. All different plants, from selected mothers, ranging from pale pink to dark red, these seedlings nearly all flower dark reddish pink. Leaflets rather variable, small or large, wavy or flat, narrow or wide. All leaves made up of 9 leaflets though (3+3+3).

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Amirani (unregistered). P. caucasica x unknown. Flowers at the same time as P. caucasica. More leaflets than that species.

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Paeonia tomentosa ssp archibaldii (aka P. archibaldii).

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Some species as they are growing now.
1. Paeonia wittmanniana (aka P. daurica ssp wittmanniana)
2. Paeonia morisii (aka P. corsica)
3. Paeonia sterniana
4. Paeonia caucasica (aka P. daurica ssp coriifolia)
5. Paeonia emodi
6. ‘Amirani’ (P. caucasica x open)

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For those that reside in the USA, this company sells wild-collected seeds of P. brownii. Usually not easy to find, so if you’d like to try your hand at it… A pity they don’t sell their seeds abroad, but given the phytosanitary regulations and costs it’s understandable.
https://www.butterfieldseeds.com/seeds/p/browns-peony

Brown's Peony — Butterfield Seeds

Paeonia brownii zones 2-5 15 seeds Paeonia brownii is a low to medium height, herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae . It has compound, steely-gray, somewhat fleshy leaves and small drooping maroon flowers. Its vernacular name is Brown's Peony, Native Peony or Wester

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Paeonia tomentosa ssp archibaldii
https://www.instagram.com/p/DF8Ahi0KnV1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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408 likes, 61 comments - hassan_ghelichnia on February 11, 2025‎: "Flora of Alborz mountains in north of Iran. May 2024. Altitude: 1600m Wild peony #Paeonia_tomentosa #paeoniatomentosa #Paeonia tomentosa #Paeoniaceae گل صدتومانی خزری( پائونیای سفید) اردیبهشت ۱۴۰۳. ارتفاعات شرق دره هراز. آمل. ارتفاع ۱۶۰۰ متر. گل صدتومانی در ایران ۳ گونه دارد. گونه اول و سوم در مناطق غربی و شمال غرب و گونه دومی در مناطق خزری رویش دارد. P.mascula P.tomentosa P.wendelboi(گونه کاشته شده) بر اساس اساطیر یونانی، پائون پزشک خدایان بود که معلم خود را با این گیاه درمان کرد. معلم او که در پزشکی مهارت داشتد، پائون را از روی حسادت تهدید به مرگ نمود. زئوس با تبدیل او به گلی زیبا( گل صدتومانی) او را نجات داد. کشت گیاه پائونیا با منشا چین در ۱۰۰۰ سال قبل از میلاد در یونان کشت شد. گل صدتومانی نماد عشق، شادی، مهربانی و رفاهرو آسایش است. گلهای صدتومانی به رنگهای مختلف در جهان به صورت خودرو و عمدتا کاشته شده وجود دارد. گل صد تومانی سفید هم با احساس پشیمانی و طلب بخشش و غذر خواهی در ارتباط است". ‎

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Paeonia wendelboi
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193 likes, 16 comments - iranian_wild_plants on December 9, 2024‎: "❤️❤️❤️ Paeonia wendelboi ❤️❤️❤️ North of Iran ❤️❤️❤️ گل صدتوماتی الماسی❤️❤️❤️شمال ایران #گل_صدتومانی_الماسی#کوه#طبیعت #peonia #north_of_iran #mountain #nature". ‎

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I finally dug some of the peonies that had a tough time coping with the extremely wet Winter and Spring last season. Disappointing results to be fair. Whilst losses are everywhere, the species are a negative outlier still. Some are completely gone, the label around the roots which was planted with them is at times all that remains, with some…Read More

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Several species peonies seem to have difficulty with the wet Winter/Spring. Resulting in quite a few losses. Sometimes I have several plants of species, most often when I receive a dozen seeds and I get quite good germination. Often it can be seen that some plants within the same species are better than others at withstanding our local climate,…Read More

I don’t have much experience growing Paeonia obovata and P. japonica plants, they tend not to grow very well here for some reason. These are some plants grown from seeds, so perhaps not all ‘true’ (the only flowering one was a ‘pink’ P. japonica, see last picture), but there are some 5 different ones of each species and within each species they…Read More

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Paeonia peregrina. This one from wild seeds in Serbia. First bloom. I have others of this species from there, but this one seems to be somewhat earlier (see the last image for an older plant which blooms later). It has that attractive glossy red petal colour. Difficult to capture by camera; in the image with the petals take a look at the one…Read More

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Paeonia tenuifolia. From Serbia, wild collected seeds.

Paeonia arietina Northern Glory. I am unsure whether it is a ‘pure’ selection as it never sets seeds and I never got any results from its pollen, so I’d rather think it is a hybrid (and I’ve seen images of the supposedly same cultivar that cannot be the same, so there are others being sold under the same name). I have another P. arietina, which…Read More

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If I don’t forget it (which I quite often do) I always take some images of the roots of my species plants whenever I move or divide them. Given that I often loose them afterwards you might say it’s for ‘nostalgic’ reasons mostly. The roots are an important determination characteristic when trying to classify species plants, but you don’t often see…Read More

Paeonia emodi. Easy grower, but also easily damaged by poor weather. The ones growing outside look terrible, with lots of damaged leaflets and flowers. I have one plant growing in a sheltered position, that one is looking great and here are some images of it.

Paeonia officinalis ssp microcarpa (also known as Paeonia humilis). Growing in Portugal/Spain and South-West France. Not a fast increaser here, only one stem, but it does show the characteristics of the species with rather narrow leaflets and indumentum on the stems and petioles. The subspecies microcarpa differs by having more segmented leaflets…Read More

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You rarely see images of them at all, and then it happens that in the span of only two days several dozens appear. Here’s P. tomentosa again on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6EKWFLIBHx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Farshad Kazemi on Instagram‎:

84 likes, 11 comments - farshadk.6211 on April 22, 2024‎: "گیاه شناسی نام گیاه : گل صد تومانی نام علمی Paeonia tomentosa(Lomakin) Classification Kingdom Plant...". ‎

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Some improvements to the SPIN plants database. You can now sort them in several ways (by species name, but also most recent ones, those with images first, by origin…). Or you can filter them (the difference with sorting is that the ones not ticking the boxes are not listed anymore). And you can search within these plants for whatever you like…Read More

SPIN plants – The Peony Society

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The person posting the images of wild P. tomentosa on instagram surely has an interesting page with many botanical treasures of Iran. I was wondering whether I would come across some other peonies and hey, what did I find? Another so-called P. wittmanniana, but this time from Mazandaran province, which lies much further to the East and which is…Read More

Alireza Mokhtari on Instagram‎:

565 likes, 18 comments - alirezamokhtari5252 on April 28, 2023‎: "Paeonia wittmanniana Paeoniaceae گل صد تومانی سوادکوه آلاشت ۸ اردیبهشت ۱۴۰۲ #گل_صد_تومانی ...". ‎

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Rare pictures of Paeonia tomentosa in Iran (not P. wittmanniana, that one doesn’t grow there).
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5_fYJhv89h/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Alireza Mokhtari on Instagram‎:

737 likes, 93 comments - alirezamokhtari5252April 20, 2024 on ‎: "Paeonia wittmanniana Paeoniaceae گل صد تومانی رودبار رستم آباد سلانسر فروردین ۱۴۰۲ #گل_صد_�...". ‎

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A seedling flowering for the first time. Should have been P. japonica. Clearly it isn’t. The leaflets have the correct shape, but a reddish pink flower isn’t and P. obovata it is neither as the carpels are tomentose. I quite like the white flare in the petals, it gives a conspicuous contrast.

P. morisii (P. corsica) from Sardinia.

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Paeonia coriacea.

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The new database of SPIN plants is ready I think. I’ve been adding the plants in the old list to the new one, although there’s no real automatic way to do that and I have to do this manually. It may take a little more time to add the last ones of them. But in ways of functionality I think it is more or less finished. I would appreciate any…Read More

Close to flowering: Paeonia kesrouanensis.

Working on a better way to make a seed exchange possible. Should be as automated as possible because I only have a limited amount of time available to give attention to it and it’s clear I didn’t do that enough. You may notice some changes here in the SPIN group as I try to optimize it. The list with plants and members that was created is still…Read More

For Uwe @manolito some images of roots of P. macrophylla. From North Eastern Turkey, wild plants. As you can see: carrot shaped roots, (sometimes very) long and rather slender. Images from Cemal Sandalli, Turkish scientist, working on a paper describing this species in more detail. Publication forthcoming.

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Just a small anecdote about a rare peony species P. sterniana. Last year I lost my only small plantlet of this species, even though I tried my best giving it good growing conditions. It was a small root that I received from the Edinburgh Botanical Garden (in Scotland that is). As far as I knew they had the only true plants of this species outside…Read More

P. macrophylla from North Eastern Turkey. A research project is going on there to classify and describe the peonies in that region. These are some images from plants growing there in nature. All plants in all populations visited so far have glabrous carpels, thus they are all P. macrophylla. Otherwise not much can be concluded yet, the research is…Read More

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This flowered some time ago, although one of the later flowering species always here. P. arietina, obtained as a division from Janis Ruksans. P. arietina has either finer, somewhat more divided leaflets or wider, less divided leaflets depending on the geographical location, this one clearly has the wider ones. Not shown here is that P. arietina…Read More

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Paeonia veitchii flowers for the first time. A plant bought to Gerhard Raschun. 3 years ago.

Maybe soon photos of 2 other peonies. One of them did flower 2 years ago but I don’t know what it is. I got it from a french collector who himself grew it from seed received from a botanical garden as “Paeonia cambessedesii” but was suspicious on the name (his was right). The second one is a peony I originaly got from seed received from a…Read More

P. emodi flowers well

This plant is issued from seeds received from SRGC under the name of P. emodi which is obviously not. It could either be a hybrid (maybe between mlokosewitschii and caucasica) or something else.

P. wendelboi flowered on the 29th of April for the first time.

P. turcica in Antalya, Turkey. Video by Sibel Erim on facebook.
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Paeonia mascula ssp mascula from Cyprys, the Troodos Mountains. I used to have two different plants of it, but one of them died last Winter. This one has grown fine, from two stems last year to four this year. Whereas I often see this species with rather dark pink flowers, this plant has paler ones which pale somewhat further at blooming time and…Read More

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Paeonia mascula (L.) Mill. subsp. mascula - Παιώνια - Αλουπόχορτον, Ψατζή - Cyprus

The Balkan, Wild or Male peony (Paeonia mascula, synonym Paeonia corallina) is a species of peony. A herbaceous perennial plant 0.5–1.5 me...

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Paeonia sp. received as P. morisii but it is wholly glabrous, so it could be P. mascula ssp. russoi.