[Baldy]

A few years ago I spotted a deal on a couple of shrubs on mail order. As I recall these were a Japenese shrub but I'm not 100% sure on that. The flowers look like a saucepan sized rose to me... Any ideas?


Pip pip,
Balders

[sunshineband]

Looks like a tree peony but it seems a bit early 

[Annen]

Looks like my tree peony, but I cant remember the variety.  I will check on my blogger diary I probably wrote it on there.

[mumofstig]

Yes a tree peony lots of different varieties - so can't narrow it down

http://4peonies.com/RedTreePeonies.html

[Baldy]

Thanks chaps.  Think you're right

Pip pip,
Balders

[Goosegirl]

Initially I also thought it was, but I have a yellow single-flowered one and the leaves are more divided - almost fern-like. Just giggled images and their leaves look like mine as well yet the flowers look right. Can you take a pic of the leaves please?

[mumofstig]

If you Google images some varieties do seem to have more divided leaves than others.

[sunshineband]

There is indeed lots of variety in the leaf form, and we have several different ones in our garden, including some with bronzy coloured leaves still when mature, as well.

[Annen]

A few years ago I spotted a deal on a couple of shrubs on mail order. As I recall these were a Japenese shrub but I'm not 100% sure on that. The flowers look like a saucepan sized rose to me... Any ideas?


Pip pip,
Balders

I must have got the same deal.  Got mine from T&M in 2011.(The white bits are just the sun on the petals.) I found a photo but I haven't written down what it was called.  Something japanese, as you said, is all I can remember.

[mumofstig]

This offer, maybe?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/5-different-tree-peonies-for-14-99-659705

[Annen]

Don't think so as I only bought 2.  One was supposed to be a different one than that in the pic (I thought) but they are both the same.  Mine are just buds at the moment, Baldy's is well ahead of mine.

[Baldy]

Thanks - probably was the deal from T&M - the year would be about right.

Pip pip,
Balders

[Goosegirl]

Just nipped out and dodged the raindrops to take a pic of mine. Ignore the blackened leaf tips - that's been the recent winds we've just had. There are a couple of buds showing in the centre, but see what I mean about the leaves being more fern-like. Mine was given to me so I don't know its type. It has single yellow flowers and can grow very big and seeds around a bit. I guess they must vary with the species.

[mumofstig]

One of the great architectural foliage shrubs with the bonus that it flowers too!

http://www.kelways.co.uk/product/lutea-var-ludlowii-species-tree-peony/59/