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It has been a long time with colder-than-average temperatures. Night times usually freezing, day times between 5-10°C. This results in plants not actively growing. Our peony broker sent out a newsletter today and in this mentions a lot of problems due to this. The main issue being young stems that fall over due to botrytis at ground level. That…Read More
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Still rather cold in Belgium. Early Caucasian Hybrid is several days to a full week behind last year. It won’t be too long however…
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And that other early species P. tenuifolia
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First flower of the season outside and it’s only March 26th. P. kesrouanensis. Strong agreeable fragrance. The foliage develops further after flowering. Flowering times are usually compared to Red Charm. That one normally flowers May 10-15 here. So the offset is approximately 45 days earlier. I don’t have any other peony flowering this early
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I guess the three months in a warm spot was good. That will have broken the first dormancy of the roots. But these roots will normally only start growing at intermediate temperatures, thus somewhere 10-15°C, not at low temperatures in the refrigerator. At intermediate temperature, which is lower than the ‘warm spot’ they will grow rapidly in a…Read More
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Sarah Bucko replied to the topic Peonies from seed in the forum Magazine articles comments
I appreciate all of this amazing information. I am in the process of trying to germinate some Molly the Witch seeds. I had them in moist vermiculite for three months in a warm spot, three months in the refrigerator, and then I potted the seeds up according to the directions with gravel at the bottom, soil, sand and then chicken grit at the top.…Read More
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Some new images of Paeonia kesrouanensis have been added. Thanks to Bakhos Kamouh for the permission to use them.
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In the hoophouses, peonies are growing fine. The difference between the gibberellin treated plants and untreated ones can be clearly seen this year. Only Mme Claude Tain growing in this one.
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The early peonies are coming out of the soil by now. Below is a current image of a very early hybrid which I intend to register with the American Peony Society (APS) this year. To do that, one must give a good description of the plant, so I’ll be taking a lot of pictures of this one. It’s grown from seed (as are (nearly) all new peony varieties of…Read More
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The Forums have now been closed (except for the forum where you can comment on posts/articles from our ‘magazine’). It was from the beginning somewhat doubtful whether both a forum and an activity wall would not be confusing. If they would integrate well with one another I’d still stand behind it, but although the discussion topics do appear…Read More
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I’m glad you are keeping the Hybridizer’s Corner open. The fact that it’s somewhat hidden away is just fine with me, as I’m not a fan of social media pages for holding serious conversations. And Facebook seems to be so unfocused. Our Pacific Northwest Peony Society’s actual membership is made up primarily of commercial growers in our area,…Read More
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I’ve ordered peony seeds many times before, but how I’ve received P. broteri from Portugal by Sementes Vivas is truly making me happy 😀
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Freezing cold outside and snow on the ground. In our unheated plastic hoophouses, the first peonies are peeking through the soil. Only the ones treated with Ga3 as yet, the other ones will surely follow suit. Half of the rows received this treatment. Two left rows are Old Faithful, four right ones The Fawn.
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Outside, newly planted ones. If storage of the roots is too cold and early Winter too hot, this may occur. We’ll see how they handle this cold spell.
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The American Peony Society just sent me their latest Bulletin. Lately they have done a lot of effort to make membership more attractive than ever before. Their website did receive a full revamp and for the future all past Bulletins wil become available online for members. That’s quite a treasure when you’re really into peonies. More information on…Read More
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Read MoreDuring my experiments with long term storage in ultra-low oxygen conditions one of the findings was that ethylene concentrations sometimes reached extremely high levels. As can be seen from the figures below, in 2019 the concentration of ethylene in...
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Hello, if anyone knows where in Europe I can buy Rose Crystal peonies, I would be grateful for the information
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Had to look that one up as it was unknown to me. Seems to be a lactiflora x macrophylla (probably tomentosa) hybrid by Saunders. I can’t really think of an easy source for that one in Europe. There are some specialty peony nurseries in Europe that list several Saunders hybrids. Ruud Warmerdam at http://www.paeoniapassion.com or Daniel Giessler and Anita…Read More
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Didn’t expect it anymore, but apparently the third volume from Hong De-Yuan’s books on peonies is in print. The species classification is about to have an update.
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Hum, I wonder what they are trying to contend here, when they appear to show two different P.Brownii, and two different P.Californica ? It seems like they do this with several other of the species as well. Are they just saying that they looked at several different samples, or are they saying that they found distinct subspecies ?
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@bobjohnson I think they simply took two plants from different locations. Even within species there are small differences, both between different locations and probably, though smaller, also between plants in the same population. If you would stand before a population of such a species and could take home whatever you’d like, I guess we’d all go…Read More
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We have Brownii growing locally in the forests here, but despite it living at a higher altitude than my house, it blooms very early – much before the herbaceous hybrids at my home bloom. If one wanted to try hybridizing it, you’d pretty much need to have it growing on your own property I think, so you could keep track of the exact time that the…Read More
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Roger replied to the topic different results with pollen vs. seeds in the forum General discussion forum
Hi Hanna,
I read your question quite a while ago, and recently read this in Carol Deppe’s book Breeding your own vegetable varieties. Bob had the gist of it quite right.
“The Cytoplasmic in Inheritance
More than 99 percent of the genes in plants are arranged on chromosomes located in the nuclei of cells, and they are inherited according to Men…Read More
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It won’t be long before the specialized peony shops start showing their new offering for the coming season (harvest 2021). Most do this December/January so it’s a good idea to have a look at the website of your favorite trusted peony site to see when they’ll start their new offer as rare and new introductions are usually sold out incredibly fast.…Read More
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As chance would have it, I just found out that Colonel Owen Cousins can have a very poor plant habit with the stems easily leaning down due to the heavy flowers. Somewhat better in cold climates it seems, but I guess not the best recommendation. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1216285451864393/permalink/1763030040523262/
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Interesting to see that Joshua is already sold out of a number of items. Not necessarily the most expensive things, but some of the more common things too. Growers need to be able to estimate the sort of yield that they will get from their plants, as orders taken now are for fall divisions which will be taken from plants which have not even…Read More
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Dec 5th today, Canary Brilliants which rebloomed end of July after cutting down, is still standing green. The few plants in the front left row that hadn’t been cut back (the ‘comparison plants’), have no green foliage left. Mowing them all today as frost and snow is expected the following days. That clearly marks the end of the 2020 peony activities.
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Roger replied to the topic Placed to buy peonies online in Europe in the forum Plants market
My personal favourite: http://www.paeoniapassion.com
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Roger replied to the topic Early forcing of peonies (hoop houses and GA3) in the forum Magazine articles comments
Cool experiment, Koen! Seems very useful for your business.
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Erik replied to the topic Buy peony roots for CANADA in the forum General discussion forum
In Europe, you can order peonies at numerous website
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American Peony Society auction now live. If you live in the USA, it might be tempting.
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Alain replied to the topic Search photos of P. sterniana, sandrae, parnassica… in the forum Species
Hi Koen,
Thanks a lot for your long and detailed reply. It will help me to go ahead.
As you suggest, I will contact the ‘private’ specialised groups you mention.
I have ordered peonies to the belgian ‘nursery’ Albiflora (at albiflora.be) which are guaranteed as the true species: P. boduri, kesrouanensis, broteri, lactiflora and cambessedesis. I…Read More
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khurtekant replied to the topic Search photos of P. sterniana, sandrae, parnassica… in the forum Species
Hello Alain,
I can get you images of P. mascula bodurii (here’s one below, showing some details of the flower). Your best bet to get the other images are in the following two facebook groups.
Paeonia species (only species)
Species paeoniaBoth are ‘private’ groups but anyone with an interest in peony species is welcome to join. I usually post…Read More
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A very interesting article on peony hybridizing, its’ past, present and future. Authors are nearly all from China, showing that, at least in the domain of exact sciences, they are top notch. It’s in an ‘open access’ journal, so freely available to read. Not exactly bed-time literature as one needs to have a clear head reading it, but well worth…Read More
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A Russian video featuring some favourite peonies. Fortunately the names are also displayed in English.
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Name unknown – does anyone know? Tree Peony flowering now (August- late winter in NZ) but known to flower 3 months earlier….
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I have no idea what it might be, shrubby peonies are not my specialty and it is very difficult to identify peony varieties as there are so many of them. I like the color, but what surprises me is the fact that you write it is known to flower 3 months earlier than now, August. Considering you’re on the opposite side of the world, August would be…Read More
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I have gone back and checked photos and It has consistently flowered Aug/Sep or Sep/Oct for the last 7 years. I shifted it 8 years ago to a more sheltered less frosty position so that may explain it. Magnificent flowers but they often suffer from rot at the stem of the flower despite spraying a fungicide regularly.
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And for those that regularly buy from well-known USA nurseries, Klehm’s peonies go to Hollingsworth peonies (which itself was taken over some years ago).
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The man behind Paeonia rockii
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A story about a large organic peony growing company: Swenson Gardens.
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Their reports have been posted and are interesting reading, especially if you grow a larger number of peonies.
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Well, I was planning to browse through some old messages on the specialized yahoo groups discussion boards. I could find the groups I’m a member of, but could not locate any messages? After some searching I found yahoo has made some changes, some of them being ‘conversations, message history and attachments’ are gone. In short, all those thousands…Read More
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Pink Vanguard, which has as its parents Salmon Dream and Blushing Princess. It resembles the latter more than the former and grows far better than both here.
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Bij mij bijna 100% verdroogde knoppen dit jaar. Misschien ongelukkig getimede nachtvorsten? Geen idee. Blushing Princess staat er naast en die had bijna geen verdroogde knoppen. Vond het wel vrij extreem, zie dit zelden in de hybriden maar Pink Vanguard dus tot in extremis dit jaar.
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Tja, da’s inderdaad vreemd. Ik had geen uitval erin dit jaar zoals je op de foto’s ziet, maar het zijn maar tweedejaarsplanten natuurlijk, dus veel kon ik er niet mee doen. Blushing Princess heeft nooit goed gegroeid hier, de paar planten die ik had zijn ieder jaar achteruit gegaan en de wortels zijn grotendeels weggerot. Ik heb de laatste goede…Read More
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Rozella, from my greenhouse (it’s a late blooming cultivar in fact). How to say this without overstating it? It’s a perfect plant I think 😀. Very sturdy straight stems, an immensely large flower. Floriferous. Clean closed bud. Dark green healthy foliage. It’s by far my favourite dark pink and I cannot recommend it highly enough. According to David…Read More
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How’s your light pink mutation growing, Koen? That would be most promising also. We need more statue peonies like Rozella.
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Last fall I dug and divided my two plants of it. The one which wasn’t pure yet was kept separately and again I’ve tried to get rid of the dark pink part. The small divisions remaing didn’t flower this year. The ‘pure’ one was divided and replanted and flowered. There was one flower which had one remaining dark pink petal, the rest of the flowers…Read More
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Nancy, nice colour, extremely large foliage, upright and seems to be a healthy plant and a good grower, also quite early.
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My established roots had extremely large carpels during flowering already this year.
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This is 44-T, an unregistered plant from Harald Fawkner. I’m starting to like it. It’s a hybrid with very sturdy stems and has large flowers. What makes it really stand out from the crowd is the flower form, this one has ‘Japanese’ flowers, meaning the stamens are transformed into very small staminodes, devoid of any pollen. This flower form is…Read More
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Ha Koen, lijkt behoorlijk veel op wat ik van Harald heb gekregen als 34Q. Maar jouw loof heeft veel duidelijker het uiterlijk van andere peregrina-hybriden zoals de Corals. Ben het met je eens, Japs met zwaardere substantie zoals deze hybriden zijn erg mooi.
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Bob replied to the topic Peonies from seed in the forum Magazine articles comments
It’s clear that a lot of work went into producing this guide, so thanks go to Nate for the effort involved, along with the knowledge as well.
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To compare, here’s Coral Charm.