the tree peony is in bloom

We have two 'regular' peonies, one red, the other pink/cream but it is the tree peony which captures my imagination.

For ages it had just a few leaves at the top of each stem but now is covered with several buds and flowers of which this was the first.

[Loopy-Lou]

Pretty capture

[julia]

Oh lucky you to be able to grow peonies .. tree or otherwise..

[Casablanca]

What a gorgeous flower it has

[Diana]

Beautiful flower and wonderful colours.

[Peter]

What a little beauty wonderful colours and capture Hazel:)

[Joanne Diochon]

Tree peonies are one of my favourite plants too, but I don’t have a yellow one. Several years ago when I first found out about these plants Most of them were being imported from China and the labelling to identify varieties was notoriously inaccurate. The yellow one I ordered, when it bloomed for the first time, turned out to be the palest pink. The supplier offered to replace it if I sent that one back but, I had waited 2 years for the first bloom and it was beautiful so I just kept it. I’m happy to be able to live vicariously through your pretty yellow one. Do you know what variety yours is?
This is my “yellow” tree peony LOL: https://365project.org/gardencat/365/2016-05-30

[william wooderson]

It was clearly worth the wait in the end!

[Hazel]

@gardencat

Joanne, thank you for flagging that up and have left you a reply under that post.

[gloria jones]

Nice close up, details

[Merrelyn]

How lovely that it finally has flowers.

[David]

Nice. It's always good to learn something new, don't you think? I didn't know there was such a plant, so thank you.

[haskar]

Lovely details and colours.

[Shutterbug]

Love the details you captured in the center.

[Hazel]

@lostphojo

I do, David - I'm always learning! I now know that this tree peony is not one, but two plants - by noticing that some flowers have orange centres and others have yellow.

[Bep]

Gorgeous close up.