Thank you, koen hurtekant, for the extensive reply which I found very encouraging! I have to admit the blame for it disappearing, it wasn’t the mild winter, but rather that I had it replanted last year and it had too little light at that spot. Its cousin, a plain old Paeonia × festiva, survived and has now been replanted in a sunny spot.

Hello Susanne,

It’s always hard to tell from a single image what variety a peony is, especially since there are thousands of different cultivars, of which many are understandably much alike. It’s a ‘bomb’ form with some white petals in the middle and the outer layer of petals pink. Many fit that bill, but a common one is ‘Sorbet’. I cannot find…[Read more]

I didn’t know Bartzella was able to rebloom as well. At the time of the hail-storm I also had Bartzella, but it did not regrow. But as a cut flower Bartzella isn’t very interesting anyway, it doesn’t hold well in a vase, whereas Canary Brilliants does (though it opens fast). Some hybridizers cut off the first stems of a double-flowering variety to…[Read more]

What a great info!
This is the second time I am hearing about an intersectional peony reblooming. The other was a Bartzella, also after leaves were removed. Curious why it would sometimes rebloom and sometimes ignore being mowed over.

Hello Marina,

Please have a look at the private message I’ve sent you.

All the best,

Koen Hurtekant