Beautiful Dianne. The lilac is incredibly intense. Love the color.
Shima Nishiki today

My purple (not) tree today


My hybrid

A new TP. Jitsu Getsu Nishiki. Planted in November. Got it for $25 and didn't even realize it had a bud.


After the night of bad storms, I had a few broken stems. But overall it was ok. Today, it was sunny but windy with a lot of drooping buds. Hopefully some sunshine will straighten them back up.

bumplbea said:Hi everyone joining the party a lil late. Beautiful pic peonies they are so amazing and smell spicy.
I have tree peonies and shrub. Tree peony is 22 years old. I wonder how old that is in plant years?

Tree

Precious! Great shot!

Dianne, super saturated colors on your Burma Midnight and Morning Lilac! Beautiful!

Wow, Gary! Your TP blooms are looking great even after the storms and rains. They sure exhibit great substance! Very nice!

Dianne, those peonies are wonderful!!!

Gary, so glad they mad it through the storms. That $25 peony looks very healthy!! I've spent a lot more on a tree peony that rarely blooms.

Can't wait to see more blooms!

Love seeing everyone's pictures I didn't bring any peonies when we moved last year, but we have a tree (supposedly) peony and a regular one that I'm waiting for buds on (our neighbors peonies have buds I can see from across the street *grumble grumble*) but one of them (deciduous? Shrub? Regular? I'm not sure what to call it) is in some pretty dense shade most of the day so I'm thinking I'll move it after it blooms, or this fall. Whichever comes first

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Keiko (D. Smith)

Hi Sara, if you live in Middle Tennessee, plan a drive out to Iris City Gardens. They don't list Peonies on their website, but they have a lovely display garden and sell potted peonies. Of course their Iris are gorgeous, too

Angel Emily is fully open. And it has a lovely Rose fragrance.






Its fat bud right before opening

Absolutely gorgeous LG. Happy for you!

Thank you, Gary! I'm so excited !

Claire de lune also opened. It has a clean, fresh fragrance.
Fully opened today



Bud yesterday

Wow, the color of Angel Emily is so beautiful! Certainly befitting an angel!

Mieko2.. wow ...double wow...tree peony "Angel Emily" hybrid... literally knocked my socks off.

Where did you find it?

Of course I do realize I'm very susceptible to gorgeous flowers especially since it's been a long harsh winter.. but that hybrid ....just stole my heart. .. holy pink purple poppin peonies ...that's the most goegeous one I've ever seen...

Pic by Mieko2

Mieko2 said:Hi Sara, if you live in Middle Tennessee, plan a drive out to Iris City Gardens. They don't list Peonies on their website, but they have a lovely display garden and sell potted peonies. Of course their Iris are gorgeous, too

Thank you! I'll have to check it out, might be a fun day trip! (We're on the far East edge of middle Tennessee).

Hi Bumplbea,

Your reaction was the same as mine when I first saw Angel Emily. I had to have it!! She came from Solaris Farms. In the description it says the mother plant bears up to 80 blooms!! Can you imagine that? I just checked, and they are sold out of it. You have to get on their webpage as soon as they open it up for sales to try to buy the tree peonies. They are more difficult to propagate, so stock is limited. It took me 2 years to buy Angel Emily, so don't give up.

Hi Sara, are there any good places to buy peonies out where you live?

LG I honestly have no idea, there is for sure one greenhouse nearby but they haven't posted anything about peonies online yet. I promised myself and my bank account I would buy minimal this year (had to get some sedum at lol) to figure out what's growing and then who gets to stay and who goes.

Thanks Sara, there are some nice nurseries around and you never know about them until you ask someone in the know.

Here are a few updates of tree peonies
Purple putting on a show

My hybrid that looks like Snow Lotus


My favorite white, Godaishu, starting to open up. Has about 12 buds total


Yu Lou Dian Cui (Green Spots In A Jade House) beginning to open, the blooms really hang downward; first time bloomer, 5 years old.

And of course, ShimaNishiki, with 2 other buds starting to open

Mieko...OMG you waited 2 yrs for Angel Emily... that's devotion and well worth it. I'm determined to find it thanks for the info.

I ordered one similar to Emily since out of stock found one from Solaris called Fuchsia Ruffles.

How long did it take for Angel Emily to grow flowers after planted. My tree peonies took 3 years especially after the 3rd year of no blooms I threaten them they would end up in the burn pile if they didn't bloom. It worked and they finally bloomed. Pic of fuchsia ruffles.

Angel Emily sure is lovely. I don't have any peonies in that color range.

I have tried to grow Kinshi several times. I finally got one that actually survived two years and now has a bloom.

I have peonies in quite a few spots throughout my front and back yard. Sometimes you never know how well they will do even though you treat them all pretty much alike. I have had plants that took off in the 2nd or 3rd year, and others that sends out 1-2 measly stalks for over 10 years. I haven't the heart to dig them out as long as they are not totally dead.

This red charm is about 7 years old and stays small - with just a few flowering stalks a year.



This Pink Hawaiian Coral has been very robust from the beginning. This is one of my favorites - love this color. It is one of my earliest HP bloomers.
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