#paeonia
#PaeoniaCalifornica / #CaliforniaPeony. One of the weirdest-looking plants we have out here. They look prehistoric somehow. Like they’re not quite what they’re meant to be yet. It’s not just that they don’t look like the cultivated or European ones and it’s not that they look wild, it’s like… the flower never matures beyond a bud and then the seed pod looks underformed too. They also bloom so early in the year that they always surprise me. They’re just wonderful.
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#paeonia #peonies #wildpeony #californiawildflowers #californianativeplants #chaparralplants #chaparral #sandiegobackcountry #sandiegowildflowers #botany (at San Diego County, California)
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Plant of the Day
Saturday 14 May 2022
This amazing Paeonia cultivar was purchased from a market stall. It has grown and flowered wonderfully in the garden despite exposure to some cold winds which are not ideal for a tree peony.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Wednesday 11 May 2022
ThesePaeonia ludlowii (Ludlow’s tree peony, Tibetan peony) were grown from seed about 12 years ago and are covered with flowers every spring. This shrub has an open, upright habit and is easy to prune if it becomes too wide or tall. It responds by producing new stems from the base.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Friday 6 May 2022
In a car park I saw this exotic looking Paeonia cultivar (tree peony) was flowering. These are long lived shrubs that need a sheltered and sunny position. I hope some other visitors to this shopping complex noticed these wonderful flowers.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Friday 29 April 2022
The handsome square stems of Lamium orvala (balm-leaved red deadnettle, balm-leaved archangel, dragon flower, Hungary deadnettle) carry pairs of dark, pointed, strongly-veined leaves, beneath each pair is a whorl of pink flowers. This herbaceous perennial fits in with a range of other spring flowering plants, here associated with Myosotis sylvatica (forget-me-not) and Paeonia dauricasubsp.mlokosewitschii (Molly the witch).
Jill Raggett
den schönsten strauß von mir ever, den halben abend im wald und aufm feld gräser geschnitten
