Peonies!
Peonies. Peonies. I think ‘peonies’ is one of the words you only have to say a few times and it starts to sound funny. Either way, the flowers themselves are GORGEOUS (well, when they first bloom, not when they are puddle of petals, like they are now). We have a few peony bushes in our garden. We even acquired one in the community garden from the previous plot resident. We have dark pink and light pink varieties. The flowers are big balls of beauty. I’ve tried a few times to bring the flowers inside for a vase, but you need to cut them in the right spot, and make sure there are no ants lingering inside (ants & peonies are bffs, you know). You probably want to cut right when it looks like the picture below.
My only complaint of the plant itself is that these can get a little droopy looking because the flowers are so heavy. In the fall, you need to leave them as long as possible, and then cut them to the ground right before winter, so they can bloom again in the spring. Peonies are supposed to last 99 seasons, but I really wonder how good of a study that is, because how many people really get to see a peony plant for that long?
June 18, 2012
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Sheryl · 
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Tags: Bugs, Flowers · Posted in: Flowers
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