Love those color echos with the apricot cupped daff with Salmon Dream and the bit of yellow in the double daff with the tree peony! Interesting how in your region peonies start blooming while daffodils are in bloom. My daffs are mostly finished by the time peonies start opening, except for a couple of little tenuifolia hybrids, which this year are delayed because of lingering cold spells.

Here are my first herbaceous Peonies blooming in 2018. Both opened today.

Claire de Lune


Adelman's fernleaf hybrid from their 2017 catalog. (This is not our nicknamed 'Adelman's Orphan'. Mine has a bud but it is not open yet. )




Feng Dan Bai has opened up!

So lovely, LG!!! All are so pretty! I hope my Claire de Lune will show up this spring, the root did not look good when I replanted it from the pot last year.

I hope all your Peonies show up this year, Anya! It is so disappointing when they don't!!!

CdL has 4 more buds, so I hope to share more photos!!

It is 80° F (26.67°C) here right now! Tomorrow we are supposed to get storms with a lot of rain. I think the combination will push more peony buds to open. At least if we don't get hail or any other weather calamities

LG, they are beautiful. My pink tree peony opened one bloom this week.






My purple tree peony is opening up also.






These 2 tps are from Tree Peony Garden, planted in the fall of 2013.

Also, Early Scout opened it's first bloom



This plant has a multitude of buds all around the plant.

We too are supposed to get severe storms on Sunday with high winds and hail. Mother Nature is showing her anger again.

LG, your Claire de Lune is exquisite! How old is your CdL? Will there be more blooms? WOuld love to see a pic of the whole bush if you have one.

Gary, your tree peonies are absolutely gorgeous!! The blooms are huge!! I sure hope that the storm isn't as bad as they are predicting.

Karen, I got the CdL as a potted plant in 2016. I will take a pic of the entire bush tomorrow in between rain showers if possible.

I planted CDL last fall. It has sent up a pip so I have hopes. I love that single form

kousa said:LG, your Claire de Lune is exquisite! How old is your CdL? Will there be more blooms? WOuld love to see a pic of the whole bush if you have one.

Well, I was able to go out this morning and take a photo for you, Karen. The blooms aren't open in it.


Here's another bloom on that fernleaf hybrid. I looked up my invoice and I paid $10 for it ...



Princess Chiffon Tree Peony is trying to open, but the weather isn't cooperating!

LG, that's such a beautiful pink of Princess Chiffon, I love it.....
I think I am going to order it from Adelman this Fall.

a couple new pics since yesterday

my rockii hydbrid from tree peony garden is beginning to open. it has an exquisite aroma that fills the surrounding area







my xue ta from charmarron gardens





my blaze that i keep calling early scout







Macro Phylla is beginning to bloom. It was the most frost damaged from this spring.



Growing tree peonies has been an interesting process. Almost all of the tree peonies that I have purchased came with buds, bloomed, and then all above ground growth has for various reasons died. The next spring new shoots pop up and most of the growth has occurred from the new growth at ground level. The weather patterns here in the south don't seem to be ideal for bloom, but are ideal for growing. The freeze and spring thunder storm patterns damage the blooms. Itohs on the other hand, seem to be ideal for the south if for no other reason they bloom about one month later and weather wise it makes all the difference in the world. Just some thoughts about growing.

Beautiful! Gray
You are at least 3-4 weeks ahead of me. I love growing tree peonies, they're my all time favorite. Thank you for sharing your experience on the southern tree peony. I don't think I will move down south anytime soon......
too young to retire yet.

LG and Gary, I'm so happy to see your beautiful blooms!

Gary, my woody stems on my tree peonies remain. I've not had any of my tree peonies die back and return from the ground. The only growth from the ground for me this spring was from the herbaceous stock. I'll be removing those so that they don't kill the tree peonies.

I did have a Coral Terrace, that was damaged by a fallen large branch, and it never grew back from the ground.

Here are a few pics from this afternoon. The garden is blowing up with blooms, thanks to our 79-81 degree temps the last 3 days. Rain will start tonight, and continue tomorrow. It will cooling down over the next week, but no temps below 40.

Salmon Dream this evening and from earlier this afternoon



Dad blooming for the 1st time


Pink Hawaiian Coral



Requiem


Center Stage



Scarlet O'Hara is about to bloom


Keiko will be the 1st Itoh to bloom in the garden



Noid yellow tree peony with PHC to the left

Merry Mayshine is also starting to bloom.




This noid is finally blooming, and I'm surprised about how long they took to open, even though they were further along than some of the other plants.



Noid, that was the root stock for Chojuraku. The stem of the TP was cut by my yard folks, and the tree never grew back.

Thanks Yan, PC made it through all the freezes and still bloomed! She is tough and beautiful.

Gary, that is too bad about your tree Peonies. They are absolutely beautiful! I have not had that problem with them dying to the ground.

Annette I know you are so pleased with all you have blooming! My First Arrival Itoh looks like it will be the first to bloom. The bud just has a slight bit of color showing.

I hope anyone getting hit with that Northern snow/ice storm stays safe!

Mieko2,

''My 2018 bloom season has begun. I believe this is 'Feng Dan Fen', the pink form of 'Feng Dan Bai' (White Phoenix).''

I wanted to get the White Phoenix that Cricket Hill had for sale, but I waited too long, and they sold out.

All of the peonies are gorgeous. I think I may have to get a 'Claire de Lune'.

Annette, your yellow tree peony looks High Noon to me from the flower shape, the raspberry flares and the foliage. How old is this plant?

Hi peonyplan,

The yellow tree peony was planted in spring 2014. I got it as a potted plant from 1 of our local nurseries. We've been wondering which tree peony it is?

LG and Mary, please be sure to share pictures of your blooms.

Gorgeous peonies everyone! So excited to see such great blooms activity from the warmer zones. I am glad to see that the freezes in the last month did not cause injury to the buds of your peonies. I am looking forward to seeing more blooms opening in the days to come.

That is a really pretty pic of PHC, Annette. I am excited to see my first bloom ever from it this year!