magnolialover said:Here are a couple pics of one of them. Flowers carriage is on top of the plant, which is a good thing.

Tracey, that's one happy little TP! can't wait to see it's true identity......

Thanks for the positive comments Yan and Karen. These seedlings are just about all in unprotected places, just one is near the house. Every year seems to bring a crazy spring here. So it's survival of the fittest.

My last TP blooms for this season (sad time). I just bought this TP last month for $38. It was labeled orange and had a picture of Koukamon attached. You can see the blooms are not koukamon but beautiful nonetheless.






Has 4 buds open now.

It is a lovely bloom, graycrna4u. I bought 3 tree peonies last weekend and the blooms should be completely open by now, I'll take a pic tomorrow morning. Posting my first blooms for the season! Does it count if they're potted and just purchased??!!

I think that counts, Liz!

It's been so cold and overcast the last 2 days that they're still not open, though! Hopefully when I get back, they're on a shaded, protected porch because of the weather we're expecting tomorrow.

Blooms count regardless of where they are. Good luck to you. I hope your weather improves soon. Come south and don't worry about it.

I plan to! While I'm in Texas I plan to drive a bit north, though, and visit Chotkowski Gardens in Arkansas. Hopefully I'll have some really pretty pictures to share when I get home!

Shima Daijin 岛大臣 blooming now, to bad weather is not corporate.





Zi Hong Zheng Yan loved this cloudy, rainy day.

They're still beautiful Yan!

Thank you!!! Annette,
Your TPs done for the season already? I guess your zone is a lot warmer than here.
My Japanese variety just started to bloom.
Shin Shichifukujin 新七福神 trying to open up




And" Hong Tu 宏图" only had 2 buds this year

Yan they look fabulous! Rain or shine, they are looking great at your place.

Yan, your TP blooms are just exquisite! Can't believe the amount of blooms on your Shimadajin TP! Just amazing!

Thank you! Tracey.
Karen, your TPs will do the same for you too, just give it time. I had Shima Dajin for 5 years, each year it give me a couple more blooms.

Yan, your tree peonies are amazing .
The colors are so vivid. I hope to get some more this Fall.

That is good to know!
My latest aquisition is a Japanese tree peony:
Naniwani Nishiki ?
It would probably be better to try Chinese tree peonies here,
but this is what was available.
I will place a rose hut over it for winter.

" Hong Tu" is blooming today! Feeling so bad for them, they just blooming yesterday and got flushed by the thunderstorm last night.


Shin Shichifukujin



Mom took those picture yesterday before the Strom.
Shima Daijin

Yan, they are just gorgeous.

Mieko2 said:Yan, they are just gorgeous.

thank you!!! LG .

totally.