My peonies are beginning to kick in....



Tree Peony Daedalus





Tree Peony Baron Thyssen Bornemisza

Looking good, Diann! Things are really starting late for us here.

Tree Peony Baron Thyssen Bornemisza is gorgeous!

Where did you get it?

Beautiful!!

I agree, love Thyssen Bornemisza. Can't wait for mine to start!

Thanks guys. CS, I got it at Klehm's last year during their open greenhouse day. Yeah, I love it too.

I returned and all the peonies are doing well and none have opened yet. Sort of disappointed as I really thought one or two might do so. That's okay. My one tree peony (new fall of 2014 - moved this spring) is doing well, sending up more shoots form the ground and growth from the remaining hard wood stem. I trimmed it back hard as much of the old wood had died. I will for sure protect it this winter and next spring to assure our late frosts don't blast both flowers and leaf buds. Just want it to get healthy this year.

Hope yours will bloom soon Mary!

My early mid peony blooming season has begun! Here is A. Woollcott in the foreground and Ellen Cowley behind it:



Close up of AW


Pillow Cases


Coral Charm


Abalone Pearl

All gorgeous, Karen!

Karen, the colors are delightful. Congratulations!

Thank you very much, Liz and Tracey. It is getting hot here now so I think my peony season is going to speed up. Most peonies are showing buds that are ready to open. And I have yet done with disbudding the side buds to take cuttings for storage.

Karen, these are gorgeous!

I went to visit my Mom over the weekend. Here are some photos of the 'Pink Pom Pom' I sent her from Gold City a few years ago. It hadn't opened yet, but she will have a great display with all these buds.
I weeded her garden for her, and we had a great time. I have been gardening all my life because of her.


From her garden, too

Those bushes look great. I love Pink Pom Poms. It has a very symmetrical bomb shaped center.

What greater gift for a gardener than a good weeder! I bet she appreciated that. Those Pink Pompoms are going to be spectacular!

Yes, Tracey, she is 81 and doesn't have the strength she used to have. I bought her a nice lightweight cart at Aldi's. She loved it.

I just looked at 'Etched Salmon' posted on another thread. Here is mine. Do you think I got a true ES?

Nice rich color on yours! The form and flecks of gold look correct, and I imagine the deep color is just due to weather when it opened.

Thanks, Neal. The others ' photos seemed to be more cupped with more petals.
I'm just glad mine finally bloomed. It seems to be a slow grower.

Here is my first bloom, Roselette with my fernleaf hybrid close behind