Peonia japonica

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » May 09, 2005 6:26 pm

What a great spring-time plant. We paid umpteen dollars for this from Barry Yinger a few years back, but haven't regretted it since. Just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

The seed pods open late in summer to reveal hot pink seeds!

David

PeggyB · Post by **PeggyB** » May 10, 2005 9:54 pm

David it's a very lovely plant!

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » May 11, 2005 12:36 am

Beautiful!

Liselotte · Post by **Liselotte** » May 28, 2005 5:51 pm

Just beautiful! Lost mine, but found some seeds.
Speicies peonies from seeds are not always what you are looking for! Here my muddy P. mlokosewitschii

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » May 31, 2005 11:26 am

Very nice, Liselotte. We've been wanting a p. obovata, but it is very expensive! How long did that take to bloom from seed?

pauhaus · Post by **pauhaus** » May 31, 2005 1:01 pm

Wow, that's a beauty! I'll have to look into getting one. Thanks for sharing.

wishiwere · Post by **wishiwere** » Jun 01, 2005 5:31 pm

Both are very nice! I've got my very first peoni (to ever survive a year that is) ready to bloom soon, but looks like maybe just a couple

Can't wait though.

Anyone grow the sorbet? Can't remember it's full name, but always wanted one...

pauhaus · Post by **pauhaus** » Jul 07, 2005 1:56 pm

Hi David, well after viewing your pic, I just had to have one and did place an order. Any tips on getting it to grow like yours? I plan on planting it where it would receive morning sun in spring but as the trees leaf out it would be in a pretty shady spot for the rest of the year. Thanks for posting the pic, I love it.

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » Jul 08, 2005 11:11 am

Ours gets fleeting mid-day sun up by the house, but mostly high shade. As such, its leaves get a bit crispy by the end of summer. It has been easy to grow for us.

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » Oct 24, 2006 12:04 pm

Resurrecting an old post to add pictures of the seeds of this one. The plant itself tends to look a little toasted by this time, but this is an intersting late summer show (photo from 31 August).

flowerchild59 · Post by **flowerchild59** » Nov 15, 2006 10:30 am

Both are beautiful plants. Thanks for posting such pretties.

insam · Post by **insam** » Nov 21, 2006 2:21 pm

Very nice David. In the P. japonica photo, what are the herbaceous plants growing behind the hostas, closest to the house? I first thought they might be hellebores but can't tell. One has very nicely divided foliage.

Joseph

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » Nov 21, 2006 4:05 pm

Good eye, Joseph. Hellebores to the left, kalmia to the right. In the mid-background there's also an astilbe coming up.