Grand Massive (Fawkner, 2003). A few years ago I was asked by someone, whom I consider to be one of the best and most knowledgeable peony growers in the world, what I considered the best of Fawkner’s introductions. I was growing several then, including some unregistered ones and without any doubt I answered: Grand Massive. Several years later, I…Read More

Just Peachy (Seidl/Bremer, 2017). Creamy beige of colour; a short plant; good increaser; semi-double mostly here. A lot of people report that is only single flowering for them. Whilst it surely isn’t more than semi-double here with a limited amount of petals, they are thus spaced that they do give a rather filled appearance quite often. There are…Read More

Nancy. Wonderful cultivar. Very large leaflets, very sturdy upright stems. Large buds and flowers, pale pink, fades a lot.

Nikolai Vavilov. Fawkner plant. Some botrytis damage but it shows the sturdy stems and very large flowers. Resembles The Little Corporal somewhat, but is much taller.

Ballerina (Saunders, 1941). A bit short this year and less double than usual, but these are second year plants after division, recovering from a severe infection with fusarium/cylindrocarpon two years ago and this is after a very wet Winter with higher than average temperatures. A was a (rare) bright day when photographing them, so they look a bit…Read More