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Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii
Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii
Price: $40.00 In Stock

Gallon Pot
Fall Shipping Only.  Just call her Molly the Witch. This fabled Peony is a choice species from the Caucasus region with impossible to improve upon single yellow goblets for flowers. The red new growth in spring evokes some avant garde asparagus. Showy blue-black seeds mingle with the red infertile ovules in large seedpods in late summer staking claim to ornament of equal consideration to that of the flowers. These are plants grown from seed given to us by the late Steve Doonan and he would be so pleased to see these listed here. This was formerly the species mlokosewitschii but Hong has reduced it to a subspecific rank under P. daurica in his daunting 2008 monograph on the genus and darned if we are going to argue with him - dude is serious. These are field grown hefty plants of which a few bloomed last year. More will this year but no guarantees but at worst a year away from flowering. These can only be shipped dormant and bare root so early spring only.  It is now March and they are growing so we can't ship until dormant in fall. You can order this but it won't be shipped until September.
Paeonia japonica
Paeonia japonica
Price: $15.00 (Out of Stock)

Quart Pot
Choice woodland species from Japan where the small bowl-shaped white flowers are much admired and combines harmoniously with the simple rounded leaflets. An easy herbaceous species and one of the few Peonies that thrives in the shade. Looks great with Ferns, Hellebores and Hostas. This species has been submerged into Paeonia obovata by Hong De-Yuan in his extraordinary monograph 'Peonies of the World, Taxonomy and Phytogeography'. This book, along with the newly published second volume (2011) 'Peonies of the World, Polymorphism and Diversity', will remain the undisputed last answer for the foreseeable future. That said, we will retain the epithet japonica to differentiate it from obovata as this blooms much earlier than our pink P. obovata from Japan and has an entirely different horticultural gestalt in the garden. We can hear Hong De-Yuan now "I pour my life into this unrivaled and exhaustive treatment of the genus Paeonia and this what you take from it - horticultural gestalt? AARRRGGGHHH!"
Paeonia ludlowii
Paeonia ludlowii
Price: $10.00 In Stock

Quart Pot
Paeonia mairei
Paeonia mairei
Price: $18.00 In Stock

Medium ($18) or Large Band Pot ($25)
Steve Hootman, Curator and Director of the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, often pats himself on the back for collecting this exceptional species in China and each spring as our plants flower, we murmur attaboys and give him virtual high fives while virtually raising our glass in salute. Loves some shade, great foliage and spring pink flowers. Steve has bagged a good Rhody or two on his collecting trips but this Peony is exceptional. Narrow leaflets with a distinct sheen are backing for the fat dark pink flower buds which often emerge in the early to mid spring before the leaves which soon catch up as no one wants to miss the show when the flowers open. An added bonus are the lovely shiny black seeds arrayed in the starfish-shaped seed pods. Huzzah, Hootman and well done Laddie!
Paeonia veitchii
Paeonia veitchii
Price: $15.00 In Stock

Medium Band Pot
This Chinese woodland Peony is one of the few species blooming and thriving in full shade as well as sun. Nicely dissected ferny foliage and slightly nodding single pink flowers 2-3 per stem makes this distinctively beautiful. We had a rare trip in the spring to Yunnan and Sichuan in 2006 to see plants in flower and this was one of the standouts. Later to make growth in the spring than some of the other species so don't panic. These are seedlings and it will be a couple years until you see blooms. The biggest problem with peonies is planting them too deep so just cover the red growth bud if dormant or plant no deeper than it is if in growth.