Update. Only 1 germinated in pots and this year they are finally of decent size and bloom

I realise that it is variable but it always irks me that there is never even a hint how long a plant might take to reach bloom size. 2 years, 3 years, 4 years...7 years - yep, have waited that long?. When I was younger, it never bothered me but I keenly feel the passing of time and really do not want to spend the time and effort raising plants which take longer than 2-3 years tops. If I want any more paeonies, I will buy them.

I sow a lot of plants - many of which are not really known to me and I would truly appreciate the smallest suggestion regarding how long I will need to wait to see blooms.

Who cant like BH.

This one "White Gold", not yet in bloom, is striking with its bright foliage (see the contrast against the cedar hedge behind it).

They seem to reach blooming size in their second year.

That is my experience as well

rouge that is gorgeous - I wouldn't even need blooms on that!

Heruga I am surprised you only got one to germinate. One of my garden customers had bleeding hearts that reseeded quite freely. I was always moving the little seedlings to other parts of the garden. (Although, this did surprise me, as I had a bleeding heart that in 15 years never produced one seedling.) I'm sorry you only got that one but hopefully it will continue to grow into a nice-sized plant!

:)

Dee

Rosaprimula, I totally get that feeling although I don't have that many years in experience and not quite there yet in age. I did a lot of stuff from seed and cuttings at first but the past year or so I started becoming more 'lazy' and impatient on plants for my garden that I just started buying plants from the nursery and just planting it. Seeing established, nice and dense gardens from people in this forum makes me want to achieve that asap. But with self propagated plants I have to wait many years until I see any progress.

Rouge, is that a seed grown one? If so you got lucky! It's so bright I didn't even see the white flowers until I zoomed in the pic

Diggerdee, I rarely ever see any bleeding heart seedlings around here. Not sure what the difference is between the ones you see and I see. Can't say its climate either since you're not that far from me. But with this one I sowed it on flats and left it alone for the whole winter. Maybe I should've winter sowed it for better results