I don't think mine is ludlowii. It's a seedling from one that looked rather different, (dead due to getting swamped by Viburnum rhytidophyllum so no chance of ID for that one).
I have a red one which may be delavayi but I think the flowers are to small.
I also have a sort of blotchy orange/yellow one which seeded from the red one and whose parentage is suspect
mine was a present and I had nowhere to put it so it ended up in a large container , the kind you lug about when clearing up , maybe it isn't happy , I had a bird feeder in the same container but it has gone and now get a bunch of leaves ... no buds
This is the first one out here - planted in shade in the worst soil I have (unimproved clay.) When I bought it this was the only place I could fit it in!
Seems to like it there though.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
HI Nut do you have any useful tips on how to grow a health tree peony. Yours looks like one of Kelways top of the price range Peonies. It looks like its in belting condition by the way.
I moved into my previous garden to find around half a dozen plants - one was a Spirea Bridal Wreath, nicely mature, that I planted around to make it look like I had always planned it.
Underneath it one year I found a paeony that was being crowded out but was amazingly still alive, poor thing - it had been coming up and going down each year with no glory in the undercroft of the Spirea. I dug it out carefully and potted it up and was delighted when about 2 years later it flowered. The flower was massive, glossy, stunning and all by itself. The next year I got two of them.
Then I moved 2 years ago and took the potted paeony with me and planted it out in the garden. I'm chuffed to find that this year it has four flower buds so it is happy where I've put it (which as Bob said was just an available space at the time and pretty poor, unimproved clay).
Last week I was blowed to find that under the Camellia that survived the previous owners' neglect on the north facing side of the garden, there was again a poor specimen that looked like a paeony. I was amazed, ha ha. I have carefully dug it up and moved it to where the other one is happy so I've got my fingers crossed that it'll survive. It'll be exciting if it's a different colour from the other refugee.
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I don't think mine is ludlowii. It's a seedling from one that looked rather different, (dead due to getting swamped by Viburnum rhytidophyllum so no chance of ID for that one).
I have a red one which may be delavayi but I think the flowers are to small.
I also have a sort of blotchy orange/yellow one which seeded from the red one and whose parentage is suspect
In the sticks near Peterborough
mine was a present and I had nowhere to put it so it ended up in a large container , the kind you lug about when clearing up , maybe it isn't happy , I had a bird feeder in the same container but it has gone and now get a bunch of leaves ... no buds
This is the first one out here - planted in shade in the worst soil I have (unimproved clay.) When I bought it this was the only place I could fit it in!
Seems to like it there though.
Gorgeous Bob, just gorgeous
Red one just showing a bit of red
and great excitement, first flowering..
3 seeds, sold as Mudan hybrids, one germinated 3 or 4 years ago and it's about to flower.
Will I get my long wished for white one? It's got 3 buds. They're enormous
In the sticks near Peterborough
Aym, my mum grows hers on a mini obelisk to support the flowers.
HI Nut do you have any useful tips on how to grow a health tree peony. Yours looks like one of Kelways top of the price range Peonies. It looks like its in belting condition by the way.
Mine aren't Kelways top of the range they're all seed raised by me
Poor soil, some shade, never feed or water them. I think that covers it.
In the sticks near Peterborough
But thanks for the compliment Musher
In the sticks near Peterborough
Funny thing happened on the way to the Forum!
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I moved into my previous garden to find around half a dozen plants - one was a Spirea Bridal Wreath, nicely mature, that I planted around to make it look like I had always planned it.
Underneath it one year I found a paeony that was being crowded out but was amazingly still alive, poor thing - it had been coming up and going down each year with no glory in the undercroft of the Spirea. I dug it out carefully and potted it up and was delighted when about 2 years later it flowered. The flower was massive, glossy, stunning and all by itself. The next year I got two of them.
Then I moved 2 years ago and took the potted paeony with me and planted it out in the garden. I'm chuffed to find that this year it has four flower buds so it is happy where I've put it (which as Bob said was just an available space at the time and pretty poor, unimproved clay).
Last week I was blowed to find that under the Camellia that survived the previous owners' neglect on the north facing side of the garden, there was again a poor specimen that looked like a paeony. I was amazed, ha ha. I have carefully dug it up and moved it to where the other one is happy so I've got my fingers crossed that it'll survive. It'll be exciting if it's a different colour from the other refugee.
I feel like the Paeony Whisperer ha ha.
TT