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First Tree Peony Bloom!

9 years ago

This is High Noon, a first ever tree peony to bloom in my garden. I just got home from work and saw the one and only bud to open. Super excited, I grabbed my camera and took this photo. It has a pungent lemony fragrance like the smell of a lemon pith. It is not bad but not pleasant.

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pwin
9 years ago
Congratulations, Kousa! It's a gorgeous clear yellow, don't you think? My DH likened the scent to the lemon oil that is used for cleaning. :) I couldn't smell it. Every time I went outside, my nose became stupped up.
lizbest1
9 years ago
Very pretty, Kousa! I got that one this spring but it's tiny--I'll probably be waiting a few years for mine to bloom!
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What's your zone, saragossaseas? Peonies are full sun plants, especially in the north, but they can benefit from some shade during the heat of the summer in the south. Actually they could probably benefit from some summer shade pretty much anywhere except in the most humid climates. You'll want as much sun as possible until they bloom, though. When you say a beautiful specimen, were you talking about the same as graycrna4u? The Itoh Takara? In my experience Itohs don't get quite as leggy as herbaceous in part sun but they won't bloom as much as in full sun. The flowers will be slower to fade, too, though. Again, if you have a spot that would be a bit shadier in the summer than it is during active growing and blooming that's a good thing! My experience with an Itoh in the shade during growing/blooming was Singing in the Rain rather than Takara. I planted one in a shady spot 2 years after I planted one in a sunny spot; shady spot one was a much larger root. They bloomed for the first time the same year, shady spot one had 2 buds, only 1 made it to bloom, sunny spot had 3 and all made it. Shady spot only increased by a couple of blooms the next year, sunny spot had over 10. I dug, divided and selected a new spot for the shady spot SitR that fall! Good luck with your new peony!
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Mas_Loves_Roses
9 years ago
Beautiful boom! congratulations!
stevelau1911
9 years ago
Kamata Fuji is the first one to bloom here. One out of 3 are blooming, but I expect the others to bloom too in the next couple days.
stevelau1911
9 years ago
Renkaku is coming close behind.
lizbest1
9 years ago
All 3 look like very healthy, beautiful plants with gorgeous blooms! Congrats!
KarenPA_6b
Original Author
9 years ago
Stevelau, I love your Renaku. If you have this one for sale or trade someday, please let me know. Is Kamata Fuji purple when viewed in person? Is there any red in it? Thanks for sharing your photos of tree peonies.
stevelau1911
9 years ago
I would have to wait until the branches harden off a bit before I can move them, and I have 3 renkakus so I could spare 1 of them.

Kamata Fuji appears kind of like a mix between red and purple, but it's fading to purple now.
peonea05
9 years ago
Here is my 2nd year Tree Peony "Peony05". The smell is not too strong, but similar to some roses. The Itoh next to it with already many buds for its 2nd year is the Morning Lilac.
peonea05
9 years ago
Here is the same plant
gardenbear1
9 years ago
First tree peony to bloom this year unknown but I like the color of it, my orange/ yellow hasn't bloomed yet but if it warms up it will.
peonea05
9 years ago
Nice color gardenbear. The flower begins to open larger today. I definitely have to water them as their leaves are turning yellow.
peonea05
9 years ago
Here is another one planted on the opposite side.
KarenPA_6b
Original Author
9 years ago
Love the tree peonies! How do you grow such healthy plants? I do not know why my tree peonies foliage is showing yellowing leaves when the herbaceous peony next to it is all green?
gardenbear1
9 years ago
I just don't fuss with my trees, The get fed once or twice while there grown, they get lots of water because they tend to dry out fast in the full sun. I would love to have a deep red peony tree but so far I haven't found one in my area.
pwin
9 years ago
Steve, Kamatafuji is gorgeous.

Shima nishiki, gardenbear. Very handsome tree you have there. (Oops, I rhymed!)

The red tree peony's stunning, peonea.

I think I'm running out of adjectives for all these dazzling, magnificent, resplendent tree peonies lol
jackie_o
9 years ago
Gardenbear I wish you could remember the name of the bicolor it's gorgeous!

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