Aym - I hope you're not expecting to get blue peonies from your seeds. Those pictures of blue peonies are all over the internet but they're a scam. The nearest to blue you can get in a peony is a pale lilac.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Aym - don't waste your money on dodgy seeds from ebay - if you want tree peony seeds I'm sure Nut will send you some later this year She has some beautiful tree peonies.
Having lived with Paeonia all my long life from a time huge clumps flowered above my head I came to love them although they are the most stubborn plants ever.
Sow seed into pots of seed compost then put in a cold frame in September, the seedlings should be ready to put in a nursery bed by late spring the next year. Leave them for four or five years when they should have a decent root ball and can be put where required. My last planting a cutting of Rubra Plena took seven years from rooting to flower. I have a mix none blue or even near blue and of them all the deep red are my favourite.
When transplanting dig a deep hole and incorparate manure and bone meal, plant so the top of the root ball is level with the soil around it. Mulch away from the root in a circle around it and then wait, it can take up to three years for it to settle and flower again. No quick ways with paeonia i am afraid.
Hostafan, unlike the young today I was taught patience, if it is worth having it is worth waiting for. Gardening was always that way, you plant a spling for your children not yourself with plants you sow or plant progresively. That should be Sapling, my i pad is acting up.
We plan for years ahead, watch wait and enjoy when it all comes to fruition, I blame those b---- tv make over programmes, instant everything, why? What is the joy in that and more important what do you do with the time you saved?
My P. Mlokosewitschii ( molly the witch) seeds took two years to germinate and I think another three to flower. One of them had a distinct pink cast to it, we called it blushing molly.
I have a neighbour who is colour blind, and the only colour he sees is blue. He would be delighted with P. Photoshoppii. At the moment he is happy with Salvia patens deep blue, but his favourite was some Meconopsis betonicifolia I raised from seed.
Most blue flowers are actually purply or mauvy, not a true blue.
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Aym - I hope you're not expecting to get blue peonies from your seeds. Those pictures of blue peonies are all over the internet but they're a scam. The nearest to blue you can get in a peony is a pale lilac.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Not sure that's Paeonia photoshopii, my original ID.
Looking at the stem I think it may be artificial.
Dove's right, no blue genes in paeonia
In the sticks near Peterborough
Aym - don't waste your money on dodgy seeds from ebay - if you want tree peony seeds I'm sure Nut will send you some later this year She has some beautiful tree peonies.
You have discovered this thread haven't you?
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/talkback/seed-and-plant-swap-2016/895135.html
You can put in requests if you don't see what you want
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Having lived with Paeonia all my long life from a time huge clumps flowered above my head I came to love them although they are the most stubborn plants ever.
Sow seed into pots of seed compost then put in a cold frame in September, the seedlings should be ready to put in a nursery bed by late spring the next year. Leave them for four or five years when they should have a decent root ball and can be put where required. My last planting a cutting of Rubra Plena took seven years from rooting to flower. I have a mix none blue or even near blue and of them all the deep red are my favourite.
When transplanting dig a deep hole and incorparate manure and bone meal, plant so the top of the root ball is level with the soil around it. Mulch away from the root in a circle around it and then wait, it can take up to three years for it to settle and flower again. No quick ways with paeonia i am afraid.
Frank
I admire your patience Frank. You're a better man than I.
Seven years of my life is worth more than the cost of buying one. I know it's not an all consuming labour, but too long for me to wait.
Not so much fun though Hosta.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hostafan, unlike the young today I was taught patience, if it is worth having it is worth waiting for. Gardening was always that way, you plant a spling for your children not yourself with plants you sow or plant progresively. That should be Sapling, my i pad is acting up.
We plan for years ahead, watch wait and enjoy when it all comes to fruition, I blame those b---- tv make over programmes, instant everything, why? What is the joy in that and more important what do you do with the time you saved?
Frank
My P. Mlokosewitschii ( molly the witch) seeds took two years to germinate and I think another three to flower. One of them had a distinct pink cast to it, we called it blushing molly.
I have a neighbour who is colour blind, and the only colour he sees is blue. He would be delighted with P. Photoshoppii. At the moment he is happy with Salvia patens deep blue, but his favourite was some Meconopsis betonicifolia I raised from seed.
Most blue flowers are actually purply or mauvy, not a true blue.
I germinated your blushing molly seeds, fidget, dozens of them. I'm growing on 5 or 6 at the moment, gave some away for a friend to grow on.
In the sticks near Peterborough
aym, I don't think there's a quick way, if there was we'd all be using it. Fresh sown, germinate in spring, that's as quick as you're likely to get.
In the sticks near Peterborough