Tree peony.

this is beautiful! lucky you and well done you

I've rather fallen for this over the last few days!

not surprised meanie, its a lovely plant.

My neighbour has a tree peony & last year I noticed two or three seedlings in my garden near her fence. They are still there this year & looking quite healthy. I wonder what they will be like as they seeded themselves. Have you has some from seed Rose?
I believe they take a long time to flower though, so I shall have to be patient!! I shall nurture them!

I got the tree peony seedlings from a couple I worked for 16 years ago and nurtured them. Out of the six I got only this one survived . I kept potting it on until it was in a good sized pot and it has been in this garden for 13 years now, so yes Shirlwirl, you will have to be patient. I think its been flowering now for about 7 years but I'm not sure. Hope this helps.

Hope I'm still around to see it flower! I'm getting pretty ancient now!! ;)

Well, Shirl, my aunty was still gardening in her 80's so I'm sure you have many many years yet to see it in flower. Gardening keeps you young!