Last year my lovely tree paeony gave up the ghost. Not sure why. Just came to the end of it's natural perhaps. Anyway, just wanted to share a memory.
It was Paeonia delaveyi, which comes in varying shades of red, from farely light to almost black. Mine was a rich ruby.
The quality of scent varies too, and I was very lucky as mine filled the air with a subtle but pervasive perfume of the best kind.
Each flower oozed copious nectar, which dripped from the lowest petal. Hoverflies found it irresistable.
I'm sad it has gone.
Lost a good friend
Oh I'm so sad,I ran out and checked the 2 I planted last year and they seem to be alive,small,but alive.I wish I knew how to propigate them.
They seem to do ok from seed, though that won't be exactly like the parent. Not certain otherwise, but i'll find one in a nursery somewhere for sure.
Mine was big and old - time for fresh blood no doubt:-)
Have you started them from seed?I've heard people insist that they MUST BE GRAFTED.I keep asking"grafted to what"?Was your plant very old?Did it set seed?
My tree paeony was a species one, so it wasn't grafted - grew on it's own roots. I think some of the cultivars are grafted.
think mine got to be about 10 years old. It set seed certainly in the last 5 of those, maybe more. One year i found three self seeded plantlets growing underneath. I also gathered seed which seemed to germinate easily enough, and i grew on. Gave them away though dash it!
Seeds of distinction has seeds for it don't they?
I don't have their catalogue, would they send to the UK?
I thought they were in the UK ,(edited to include this) I just looked on the back of one of their seed packets.their phone # is (01449) 721722,they are in Suffolk,not sure if they have a web site.
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Thanks very much crestedchik, I'll give them a ring :o)
That's a hard knock Phil!! Know how you feel - such a beautiful addition to the garden. I grew the yellow one, the display was fleeting but always waited with great anticipation for the sight every spring!! You've done it again!! Bringing back all those memories!! By now I would imagine the leaves uncurling on the apple trees - that beautiful fresh hue! Oh blow it!!! On and upwards!!! lolol!!
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