The 'King of Flowers'
Cool flowers from the Land of the Midnight Sun. Article by Pat Holloway.
American Peony Society
- Winter Bulletin 2023; No. 48 2023, December 1stFall 2023; No. 407 Bulletin is available for online reading through the Member Portal at: https://americanpeonysociety.org/member-portal/pages/the-bulletin-online/ The post Winter Bulletin 2023; No. 48 first appeared on American Peony Society.
- Fall Bulletin 2023; No. 407 2023, September 4thFall 2023; No. 407 Bulletin is available for online reading through the Member Portal at: https://americanpeonysociety.org/member-portal/pages/the-bulletin-online/ The post Fall Bulletin 2023; No. 407 first appeared on American Peony Society.
- Summer 2023; No. 406 Bulletin 2023, June 26thSummer Bulletin is available through the Member Portal for online reading The post Summer 2023; No. 406 Bulletin first appeared on American Peony Society.
- Spring 2023; No. 405 Bulletin 2023, March 20thThe Spring 2023; No. 405 American Peony Society Bulletin is available online for reading. Enjoy and thanks to all of our members for their generous support! Become a Member to view this and other publications through the Member Portal. Click HERE to access reading (you must be a member and logged in to view). The post Spring […]
- NEW! APS Publication Downloads 2023, March 12thAPS is moving away from physically printed book sales and has a new option for anyone who loves peony reading! Most APS publications have now been digitized and are available as pdf downloads, at the low cost of $5.00. While these are not in a reader format, pdf files are easily read on most any […]
- Directory of New Cultivars – 2022 2022, December 17thThe Directory of New Cultivars – 2022 is now available for online viewing. This addition features over 300 of latest registrations. Become a Member to view this and other publications through the Member Portal. Click HERE to access reading (you must be a member and logged in to view). ICRA Registrar: Jordan Kabat The post Directory […]
- Frost Damaged Peonies 2020, May 4thSpring in the north almost always brings the challenges of frost damaged peonies. Often damage by light freezes is visible through wilting stems in the morning and plants bounce back later in the day. Occasionally colder nights produce lasting damage exemplified by dead shoots, which do not recover. Generally temperatures which fall below 25 F […]
- Why Plant Peonies in the Fall? 2019, December 6thPlant in Fall, Purchase in Winter/Spring When to purchase-when to plant This post comes a bit late in the season, but we were busy planting our peonies! Peonies are sold through much of the year, but the best time to plant them hasn’t changed-FALL only! Why? Peonies grow nearly all of their roots in the […]
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, July 9thMy last one in flower is a 'Coral Sunset'. 12th April till nearly the 12th of July is not a bad peony flowering season...
- Re: June 2023 in the Northern Hemisphere 2023, June 25thParnassia should also grow here in Finland, but I have never seen it. In my garden big plants are making a show now, peonies, irises and Geraniums. It has been very dry here this year, the last proper rain was in the beginning of May, since then only ...
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, June 9thPaeonia (Intersectional) 'Bartzella'[url=https://i...
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, June 8th
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, June 7thCallies Memory is a stunner.
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, June 7th[ quote author = MarcR link = subject = 19242.msg431553 # msg431553 date = 1686159366 ]Stefan,Very nice![ / quote ]Thank you, MarcR! I like to take pictures of my plants.
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, June 7thStefan,Very pretty!
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, June 7thPeony 'Green Halo'
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, June 7thQuote from: Gail on June 03, 2023, 08:18:36 PMI love the dark sheath on those tree peonies.The Itoh 'Watermelon Wine' here - it is a somewhat deeper colour than in my photo and very nice! (Attachment Link) I agree-- Ver...
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, June 6thA new peony in my garden, this is its first bloom.Peony 'Papagei'
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, June 3rdI love the dark sheath on those tree peonies.The Itoh 'Watermelon Wine' here - it is a somewhat deeper colour than in my photo and very nice!
- Re: Paeonia 2023 2023, June 3rdPeony 'Anderson's Kaleidoscoop'Paeonia 'Julia Rose'[img]https://i.imgur.co...
Finnish Peony Society
- Hurmaava Pioni 2023-kilpailun voittaja 2023, July 24thHurmaava Pioni 2023 kilpailu on ratkennut. Kuvia oli tänä vuonna ennätysmäärä 150 kpl upeita pionikuvia. Voittaja oli melko ylivoimainen, mutta sitten olikin tasaista. Kolmossijalla on kolme eri pionikuvaa. Yli 10 pistettä sai kaikkiaan 18 kuvaa! Voittaja saa palkinnoksi Kathy’s Touch pionin, Hurmaavat Pionit 2023...
- Suomen kaunein pioni 2023: Red charm 2023, July 3rdPionien Koti ja Suomen Pioniseura järjestivät ”Suomen kaunein pioni 2022” leikkopioninäyttelyn 1.-2.7.2023 Taivassalossa. Suomen kaunein pioni äänestyksen jälkeen vuonna 2023 on: ’Red Charm’ Näyttely oli laajempi kuin koskaan aiemmin, ja äänestyksen tulos äärimmäisen tasainen. ’Red Charm’ oli kuitenkin yksiselitteisesti eniten ääniä saanut pioni. Voittajayksilön...
- Pionikortteja tilattavana 2023, June 11thNyt tilattava taas upeita kortteja. Kun tilaat 4 kappaletta, saat ne edullisemmin.
- Suomen pioniseura Ry jo 7-vuotias 2023, April 10thSuomen Pioniseura ry täytti 7 vuotta 6.4.23! Synttärien kunniaksi seura arpoi jäsenten kesken kolme pionijuurakkoa. Arvottavat juurakot olivat Kathy’s Touch (2kpl) ja Vanilla Schnapps (1kpl). Onni suosi tällä kertaa Aila O:ta, Mirja K:ta ja Anu B:tä !
- Suomen kaunein pioni 2023-näyttely Pionien Kodissa 1-.2.7.2023 2023, February 6thSuomen Pioniseura ry järjestää pionien leikkokukkanäyttelyn ja äänestyksen Suomen kauneimmasta leikkopionista 2023 Pionien Kodissa Taivassalossa 1.-2.7.2023. Tule mukaan ja tuo rakkain pionin kukkasi kilpailuun! Suomen Pioniseura ry:n ja Pionien Kodin järjestämä leikkokukkanäyttely v. 2022
- Suomen pioniseura Ry mukana Kevätmessuilla 30.3.-2.4.2023 2023, February 6thSuomen Pioniseura osallistuu 30.3.-2.4.2023 välisenä aikana järjestettäville Kevätmessuille. Kevätmessut järjestetään Helsingin Messukeskuksella. Kevätmessuihin pääset tutustumaan täältä. Tervetuloa!
- Vuoden Pionikko 2022 2023, February 6thVuoden Pionikko valittiin nyt kuudennen kerran Vuoden 2022 vuoden Pionikko on Maria Koskelainen. Vuoden 2022 Pionikko on monipuolinen pioniharrastaja. Nuori harrastaja mm. perustaa uutta pionipihaa, maalaa pionitauluja ja on aloittanut hortonomin opinnot Lepaalla. Onnittelut vielä kerran monipuolipuoliselle Marialle! Aiemmat Vuoden Pionikot: 2017 Sari Seppälä...
- Suomen Kaunein Pioni 2022 2023, February 6thSuomen Kaunein Pioni 2022 voittaja on Abalone Pearl. 1. Abalone pearl. Voittajakukan on kasvattanut Riitta Juonala 2. Coral charm 3. Bob 4. Sweet lemonade 5. Zhemchuzhna Rossyp Abalone pearl – Suomen kaunein pioni (valokuvaaja Antti Leino, Pionien Koti) Suomen pioniseuran jäseniä Suomen kaunein pioni...
- Sääntömääräinen vuosikokous 2022 2022, September 24thTervetuloa osallistumaan Suomen Pioniseura ry:n sääntömääräiseen vuosikokoukseen ensi viikon keskiviikkona 28.9.2022 klo 18:30 alkaen. Kokous pidetään etäkokouksena Teamsin välityksellä. Tarkempi kutsu on lähetetty jäsenille sähköposteihin 21.9.2022.
- Vuoden Pionikko 2021 2021, September 22ndVuoden Pionikko valittiin nyt viidennen kerran Seuran juhlavuoden Vuoden Pionikkoa valitessa painoivat vaakakupissa valitun henkilön laaja-alainen kiinnostus puutarhaan ja pioneihin. Hän kasvattaa pioneita siemenistä ja juurakoista. Valitsijaraatia miellytti erityisesti hänen vuosittain julkaisemansa kuvasarjat pionien kehityksestä siemenistä pikkutaimiin, joita hän tutkii ja analysoi tarkasti pintaa...
Leo Smit’s species peonies
- Squirrels and Roses, Blue Jays and beeches 2012, August 27thIt seems the squirrels were reading this blog; a day after I wrote the previous entry they were hard at work eating the rose hips off the other clumps of R rugosa, and not wasting any time about it either! Within 3 days there wasn't a rose hip to be seen anywhere on the property. […]
- When Rose Hips Go All Squirrelly 2012, August 16thA few days ago I was surprised to see some nicely emptied-out hips from Rosa rugosa, a species having large fleshy hips and originally from Japan but very adaptable and salt-tolerant and so now widely naturalized along many sea coasts. Lots of it in Nova Scotia too (but mine were deliberately planted). I had never seen […]
- Curious Seeds 2012, August 13thI haven't had much to post about this season, or maybe just lacked the motivation. Today's break from habit is due to a mystery or curiosity of sorts. A bit of background: over the past couple of years I have finally had two plants of Paeonia anomala f. alba flower (mind you, not from seed […]
- Variants, and something cute 2011, June 10thPaeonia peregrina, usually deep red but varying towards salmon/coral in some populations in the wild. This is the first non-red flower that has shown itself here. Quite a standout.This cute little thing is Arisarum proboscoides, called the Mouse Tail Plant. Its foliage is the arrowhead shaped stuff in the next photo down. The genus name […]
- More of White Anomala 2011, June 6thAs hoped, a better photo of the flower.And a close-up of the reproductive parts. The stigmas seem very small.My report of the possibility of a few more coming into bloom shortly was premature. Along the lines of "don't count your peonies until they flower"; all the others were the normal pink/rose. The relative paleness of […]
- An Anomaly of the Anomaous Peony 2011, June 1stAfter years of waiting, and from the wrong seed batch!, blooms of a Paeonia anomala forma alba: the white-flowered form of Paeonia anomala. One bloomed after a fashion last year, but the flower was stunted and damaged by weather and insects, so this year's is really my first. There is again some insect damage to […]
- A Sudden Outburst of Sun-- and Peonies 2011, May 31stThe cold and grey of most of May was good for one thing: watching the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) bike race on tv. The Spaniard Contador, after whose exploits I've named a peony, was in a fine fettle, lit up the race a few times, and won the thing. Great style to watch on […]
- The 2011 Peony Season Commmences 2011, May 21stShockingly, an update to this blog. Spring has been wet, and cold until just recently, but plants are either ahead of normal or somewhat behind: no consistent trend that I can figure out.Last year I finally planted a Paeonia mairei in a bed, so I now know that it blooms about at the same time […]
- Not about Plants this time-- Jan Lisiecki Recital 2010, September 22ndThis is worth writing about (and it fits into here better than any of the other blogs I do.)Last Friday night after a recital (good but not outstanding) in Wolfville by soprano Wendy Nielson I found out by accident that the young (15 now) Calgary pianist Jan Lisiecki was performing there the next night. I'd […]
- Appropriate Colours 2010, July 11thIn the prime of bloom just in time for World Cup Sunday, the very late-blooming Azalea "July Jester" vibrant in Oranje. A good choice.Somewhere around abouts are flowers of yellow and flowers of red but they're not co-located so the "other side" is unrepresented here.Although really, I'm not particular about who wins the thing just […]
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