I won't even attempt to ID your beautiful Peony...too many colors, types, etc. to wade through. Check out the website linked below and I bet you can find your plant. Its an excellent Peony resource. Rosie Here is a link that might be useful: Peony List

I don't know much about peonies yet but agree, it sure looks like my Shimadai Daijin.

Thanks for the words of encouragements/support, Karen. However, We may arrive at the same conclusions, bit from different evaluations. Kirinmaru is a new plant in this part of the world, and it is receiving a lot of interest. I see a lot of nurseries introducing Kirinmaru with the same photos, but with an "out of stock" note. A deeper search indicates this is an old Japanese variety. Refer to: http://www.peonies.org/cgi-bin/datasheet.cgi SpringHill must have sold a lot of these, unfortunately, only a few owners have reported the results. I saw only two successful results with pictures. The last one is from kathyr89, from a fluke identifying as Festiva maxima. This is not a deliberate disrespect, but If she can't remember any part of our conversation last year, then I am inclined to assess the ID messed up is not from the seller, but from the owner. In last year's thread, I have already indicated, the pictures showed Kirinmaru changes with time, giving more red each year until the plant matures, very much like Shima-Nishiki. Indeed, this is also showed in kathyr89's two pictures, reinforcing this point. My pink Kirinmaru looks like the peonies I dug out from the central location last year, but let's not ignore the time of bloom method use to identify peonies. Both Kirinmarus are in the same location, and the same environment and they both bloomed at the same time. If only there is a speck of red in the white Kirinmaru, I would assess this is good enough for a knock-out punch to end the debate whether it is a Kirinmaru. The "combination" bit, is an amusement more so than anything else. In my mind, the probability of these plants turning into Kirinmaru is very high, but let's see what other viewers say. Maybe another jackie_o would say " I will be totally shocked if you get a red and white striped flower on yours Moxx." This is too easy. Set them up and shoot them down lol. Today's bloom... A weak Do Tell is about to open up: The 6th, and last Itoh - Sequested Sunshine, is about to open up: Off focused: Now the flower has closed up: This plant had better days until I did a failed split. The details are provided in: http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2081041/itoh-peony-trade?n=14 I've confirmed with Plant World and Spring Garden/Spring Hill that all the Itohs I've brought with them were tissue cultured. The ones from Les Jardins Osiris look like there are tissue cultured too. Here is the "dying" Itoh I purchased from Les Jardins Osiris. I am doing my best to nurse it back to life. In relocating for a better environment, it was observed that the tubers seem to be growing, but the shoot above is dying: The new location for the dying Itoh, is where I took out the second Scrumdidleumptious. Overview: The new Itoh patch is at the center of the picture where the orange stakes are. Hopefully, I can upload some pictures next year. The peonies beside the shed are blooming. An eagle eye can spot a dark red Karl Rosenfield opening up. One more picture showing a mass of Matangi rose (orange-red) in bloom. The intent was to have a mass of early peony (Red Charm, right) to bloom first, then the rose mass providing subsequent blooms, a similiar idea used in the dish area, having the peonies bloom first, then the carpet roses.

Cecily, I took some additional photos to show the aaging bloom. Let me know what you think. Karl could certainly be contender. Some have white edges.