Tag: Paeonia

Rock solid blooms

Four and a half pages of tight text indicate the importance that WJ Bean placed on this species of tree Paeony, Paeonia suffruticosa, in his book “Trees and Shrubs…

Picture perfect Paeonia

With the sun on the petals this Paeonia coriacea is seen at its best. Each herbaceous shoot bestowed with flower. A native to Morocco where it was collected…

Paeonia with a problem

Paeonia mascula; with a wide geographical range; Mediterranean to S.E. Asia, this herbaceous species produces carmine red flowers that are stuffed full of yellow anthers. A worthwhile member…

Highlights: 16.5.07

Paeonia suffruticosa: Another 2 metre tree paeonia. Pink / purple flowers the unfurling petals hold a delicate scent Papaver orientale ‘Olympia’: This mass of growth in the herbaceous…

Highlights: 9.5.07

Rhododendron ‘Loderi’ and Rhododendron ‘Loderi King George’: A 1926 introduced hybrid between R. fortunei x griffithianum. These are both from the Leonardslee crosses of the early 1900’s by…

Highlights: 4.5.07

Herbaceous Paeonies: Paeonia mascula: Carmine red petals full of yellow anthers. Mediterranean to S.E.Asia Paeonia mascula ssp. triternata: S.W. to S.E. Asia, pink petals to this sub species Paeonia…