I am so excited! I have never seen a peony like this... Is it something that shows up frequently and it is just me... that I have never seen it? This flower has not opened fully yet; it is a cool, overcast morning, 7 a.m. I don't know yet what the inner side of the petals will look like. The plant is one of my "self-seeded" ones that I didn't get dug up, divided, and lined out separately last fall. Those plants (I refer to them as my "row of nine") all came up, all have buds, and 2 of them have bloomed already. Any comments on the above picture will be much appreciated! Am I just over-reacting? I am calling it 'white flare' for now, until I either forget about it or think of a better name.

It is very pretty! Hope that it will open up and it is a double or semidouble. Please take pic when it opens up.

I saw many tree peonies having "white flare" like this, the white flares are only on the back of the petals.

I feel like a real dunce! I didn't know how "un-observant" I am, particularly about my singles. I was just out looking at the backs of petals, and I discovered that MOST of the singles have white flares on the backs! And none of the doubles. It might be that singles open up all the way so fast and I just have never looked at them as early as I did the one I pictured in my first post. While it is very pretty, obviously I do not have a "rare new peony"! I notice my post has 30 views and 2 replies, so I guess a whole lot of peony growers are thinking "what an idiot".

Well, I have never seen white flares on the back of my singles! I think the color of your peony is unique. Is it a rose pink or violet pink?

I really love ATP and am so glad I found this great site for learning. To my way of thinking, it is a place for all plant lovers to learn and share their knowledge with others. There are many levels of knowledge here from beginner to advanced that seem more than willing to share that knowledge with anyone who asks a question. There is no such thing as a "stupid question" and I never get the impression that anyone feels that way. Those who ask questions and put ideas out there are the ones who advance in knowledge, and in turn share their knowledge with others. Thanks to everyone who makes it so fun and interesting to learn something new on ATP each and every day.

Here in the wet PNW I prefer single peonies which are a bit hard to find. Doubles just throw their faces into the mud!

Hey Linda, I think you might have Flame. Take a look at it on the peony database, not sure if this will take you straight to Flame or if you'll have to look it up. http://www.paeo.de/navigation/...

It may be a lovely little peony I have, called 'Foxtrot'. It has a bit of a flare like yours.