Enjoying all of your many gorgeous flowers. It looks like many of you are having a pretty great season so far.
My first tree peonies opened on May 1. It seems a little early for us here, but I'll take it.



Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza


Yachiyo Tsubaki

I love my pinks and lavenders!

Some more herbaceous blooms.
Buckeye Belle, bloom bigger than my hand

Etched Salmon


Nelda's Joy



Red Satin

Paladin


Bess Bockstoce


My itohs are starting to open up:
Scrumdidlyumptious


Belle Toulesaine showing color

Wow, gorgeous blooms, Tracey and Gary!

Tracey, so glad to see that your peony blooming has begun. BTB and YT are beautiful! I have YT coming this fall from Solaris Farms. Can't wait to get that going in my garden. Looking forward to see more beauties from your garden.

Gary, you have some super nice cultivars blooming for you now. What do you thing of Nelda's Joy? How is it growing in your garden and how long have you had it?

I have had Nelda's Joy for 3 years. It had 1 bloom year one, 3 blooms year two, and 5 blooms this year. It has been reliable, holds it's blooms well, and is one of my favorite additions. Well worth the money.

Scrumdidlyumptious this afternoon:

Hiliary:


Belle Toulasaine



Callie's Memory

Thanks, Gary for that evaluation of Nelda's Joy! It has a gorgeous color!

Wow, your itohs look great! Belle and Scrum are scrumptious!

Yes Val, my season ends the first week of June. It gets so hot that anything still in bud at that time just balls and never opens.

Good to see your blooms Tracey. I know you have to be excited.

Gary, your blooms are looking good. My Belle hasn't bloomed in a couple of years! It's nice to see yours.

Here is a photo of Cat Whiskers, an Itoh bred by RF Anderson. I planted it last Fall and am pleased that it bloomed.

More early herbaceous peonies started to bloom this past week.

Blonde Vision


Carnation Bouquet


Carina


Soft Apricot Kisses


Lemon Chiffon

Gary, thanks for posting your Belle Toulasaine. There aren't too many pictures of it, and I am pretty sure my mis-ID Itoh is Belle Toulasaine. Does yours get powdery mildew early? Mine always gets it, but this year it arrived a week or two ago. So early.

Mine does not get powdery mildew. Gordon Simonson is another purple that looks very similar.

Here are some random shots from today. Great year for itohs.







Red Satin

Moon River

All That Jazz

Thanks guys!

It's so nice to see more pics of Nelda's joy - I was admiring and wondering about it. Looks like a very unusual, glowing color!

So many drool-worthy flowers! 'Nelda's Joy' looks very pretty. I bought that one a couple of years ago, but it has not flowered yet. It is nice to see garden pics of it.
LG, I hope you have all lovely flowering by the time your heat sets in.
Karen, you look like you are having a really special flowering season.
The peony catalogs need to hire you all to do their pictures. You're selling them! Congrats on all your beautiful blooms.

[quote="kousa"] Thank you so much for the kind comments, acorns and thumbups! So far this year, my tree peonies totally outperform my expectations. Somehow, the mild temps in the winter really helped them grow in order for them to produce so many buds.

I am so in love with Joanna Gilbert TP. The flowers are packed full with petals and in a lovely cool light pink color.
Day 3

Day 4




Omg I NEED THIS ONE. Do you know any place that sells it?

RizzoR said: [quote="kousa"] Joanna Gilbert TP.

Omg I NEED THIS ONE. Do you know any place that sells it?

I don't see any offering in the US. Perhaps you can contact Solaris Farms to see if it maybe available this fall? The only place I see offering at this time is Halifax Perennials in Canada. https://halifaxperennials.ca/p...

Thanks Tracey! Seems like I have better results with the peonies this year than previous years. They are early blooming this spring too, such that I will have ample peonies for Mother's Day.

Here are some new peonies blooming in my garden today.

For Ruthanna, Joanna Gilbert's last 2 good blooms.



Pastelegance, my favorite herbaceous peony. Check out the layers of this bloom! Side view

Top View


Blonde Vision, divided and transplanted last year, is still able to produce 4 blooms this year.


Greenland


Salmon Dream


Buckeye Belle

graycrna4u said: Here are some random shots from today. Great year for itohs.

Gorgeous, Gary! Are the two bushes in the foreground the same itoh? They look wonderful togther!

Scrumdidlyumptious to the left and Hiliary to the right. Each year Hiliary has a little more red in it.

First time blooming pink rockii. Purchased several years ago from Lithuania.

First year blooming seedling of mine. A suffruticosa type.

Ezra Pound. Very early and blooming fully.


A seedling



Another tree peony seedling


Double Joseph Rock



Fully blooming Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza




Joseph Rock blooming more full flower form than any year I have seen since I planted it.



Ruffled Pink Petticoats


Ambrose Congreve

Last night we had storms here, followed by a hot day today. Things look a bit limp and beat up.

Tracey your blooms are beautiful your seedlings are amazing love the colours congratulations

Amazing. So full of petals and the color is stunning.