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- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 17thPaeonia mlokosewitchii
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 16thQuote from: Gail on April 16, 2024, 08:15:23 AMPaeonia tenuifolia is the one most commented on by passers-by;It really is an impressive old plant with many flowers!The funny thing is my Peony 'Shima Nishiki' is also...
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 16thPaeonia tenuifolia is the one most commented on by passers-by;P. ostii ('Feng Dan Bei'), very popular with bees;
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 16thYes, we've had wind and heavy hailstorms - not good for peonies! My front garden in sunshine;Paeonia rockii - the plant Rivieres sells as UK formCardinal Vaughanwhich is identical to (but the supplier charge...
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 11thOur paeonies, growing in Aberdeen, are far behind those shown here - but with all the wind and rain, that is probably a blessing!
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 11thQuote from: Gail on April 10, 2024, 08:28:17 PM This has only produced all red flowers for me; I'm hoping it gives me some stripey ones in due course.When established the plant will begin to show striped flowers. It ...
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 10thThank you Stefan, it has the nicest scent of any of my tree peonies.Paeonia ? 'Shima-nishiki' opened in my front garden but is taking a battering from the wind. This has only produced all red flowers for me; I'm hoping it gives me some stripey ones in...
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 8thVery beautiful photo of this lovely plant, Gail!
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 8thFirst of my tree peonies to flower - grown from seed sown 2017 as P. decomposita. Very pretty flower with a light sweet fragrance.
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 7thOur P. mascula ssp. rossii is open too.Even got a couple of seeds germinated of it from last year.
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 7thQuote from: Gail on April 06, 2024, 10:28:45 AM My first peony opened yesterday, Paeonia mascula subsp. russoi I love this one - fabulous foliage, with gorgeous cotton-woolly undersides to the leaves and always e...
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 7thYes peony season has begun, how lovely that you have this beautiful plant Gail!Paeonia officinalis 'Mollis'I bought P. mlokosewitchii in Spring 2018 from Kiftsgate Court Gardenn, lovely garden! It was a sma...
- Re: Paeonia 2024 2024, April 6thThat looks lovely Stefan. My first peony opened yesterday, Paeonia mascula subsp. russoi I love this one - fabulous foliage, with gorgeous cotton-woolly undersides to the leaves and always early; this year it has beaten P. obovata....
- Paeonia 2024 2024, April 4thThis spring Paeonia daurica bloomed 20 days earlier than last year.Paeonia daurica
- Re: March in the Northern Hemisphere 2024, April 1stI also think, that this plant is a hybrid, but I like it for the colour and the early flowering.Most of the other Paeonia species are in buds, this year earlier than in former years.
American Peony Society
- Spring 2024; No. 409 Bulletin 2024, February 19thThe Spring 2024; No. 409 Bulletin is available to members for online reading! Enjoy and have a great start to the 2024 peony season. The post Spring 2024; No. 409 Bulletin first appeared on American Peony Society.
- 2024 Convention 2024, January 29th2024 American Peony Society Convention MINNESOTA’S PEONY PIONEERS – JUNE 5-9, 2024 Join other passionate peony people for this year’s grandest peony event! The American Peony Society convention is organized to bring together peony growers and admirers. We invite you to attend and view thousands of live peony blooms and experience the camaraderie of fellow […]
- 2023 Directory of New Cultivars 2024, January 25thThe 2023 Directory of New Cultivars is available online for viewing at: https://americanpeonysociety.org/member-portal/pages/peony-library/cultivar-directories/. A printed copy has been mailed to all members who had current memberships in 2023. The Directory and previously printed Directories may be purchased as downloadable .pdf files at: https://americanpeonysociety.org/product-category/books/. The post 2023 Directory of New Cultivars first appeared on American Peony […]
- 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.
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
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 […]
In Defense of Plants Podcast
- Ep. 469 - Blue Butterworts & Friends 2024, April 14thThe Southeast is one of North America's biodiversity hotspots. Any trip through this region will be rewarded with lots of botanical splendor if you know where to look. Join Conservation Biologist Sara Johnson and me as we reminisce about a recent botanical excursion and learn about a fraction of the botanical diversity we met along […]
- Ep. 468 - Plants, Structure, and Habitat 2024, April 7thI have said it before, and I will say it again: plants ARE habitat. Nowhere is this fact more apparent than in the field of wildlife ecology. From food to shelter, one simply can't understand the innerworkings of nature without understanding plants. Join me and Wildlife Ecologist Dr. Chris Moorman as we look at why […]
- Ep. 467 - Roots & the Struggle for Nutrients 2024, March 31stCompetition for nutrients is a major driver of plant evolution, especially in nutrient-poor soils. As such, plants have evolved myriad ways of getting a "root up" on the competition. Dr. Jim Dalling joins us to discuss two recent discoveries related to two species with distinct and incredible root adaptations aimed at maximizing nutrient capture in […]
- Ep. 466 - Fire in the Mountains 2024, March 24thThe Appalachian region may not readily seem like a fire-prone region, but parts of it certainly are. Fire can be an important tool in sustaining biodiversity, but modern understanding of its role is limited. That is why people like Dr. Don Hagan study the effects of prescribed fire in the Appalachian Mountains and beyond. Join […]
- Ep. 465 - Studying Ancient Wildfires 2024, March 17thWildfires are familiar to those living on Earth today, but what about in the past? How does one go about studying ancient wildfires through deep time? Some of the answers lie in coal deposits. Join me and Dr. Ian Glasspool as we explore how he studies wildfire events dating back hundreds of millions of years […]
- Ep. 464 - Back from the Brink 2024, March 10thGood news is hard to come by in the world of plant conservation, but it is out there! Take, for instance, some recent examples on Santa Cruz Island in which the recovery of a handful of endangered plants, including island bedstraw (Galium buxifolium) and Santa Cruz Island Dudleya (Dudleya nesiotica), has been so successful, they […]
- Ep. 463 - Digitizing an Extinct Tree 2024, March 3rdHow does one breath life into an extinct tree only known from fossils? There are a lot of answers to this question, but my guest today decided to go digital. Tim Stonesifer is the Assistant Director for Media Technology at Colby College and the person responsible for creating the 3D reconstruction of Sanfordiacaulis densifolia that […]
- Ep. 462 - Resurrecting an Ancient Toilet Brush Tree 2024, February 25thFossil hunting is like playing the lottery, your odds of hitting big are infinitesimal, but it can happen. Such was the case for Dr. Bob Gastaldo and colleagues when they unearthed the remains of Sanfordiacaulis densifolia, an extinct tree from the Carboniferous Period unlike anything we have ever seen. Join me and Dr. Gastaldo as […]
- Ep. 461 - Litter Trappers Revisited 2024, February 18thLitter trapping plants don't worry about soil, they make their own! Because so many species in the tropics grow either epiphytically or in nutrient poor soil, some of them have turned to alternative solutions. Their anatomy is such that they collect everything from dead leaves to bird droppings. A diverse community of soil microbes and […]
- Ep. 460 - Floral Chemistry Revisited 2024, February 11thFor Dr. Rob Raguso, the phrase "stop and smell the roses" takes on a whole new meaning. Dr. Raguso studies the intricate world of floral chemistry. You are undoubtedly familiar with some of the wonderful odors flowers produce but such tantalizing smells are only the beginning. The world of floral chemistry is quite remarkable and […]
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