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Gardening

1monster

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3. We had prolific peonies where I grew up... They were fifty or so years old and came up

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2015, 04:34 PM

May 2015

with their red green leaves faithfully every spring and delighted us with beautiful red, deep pink, pale pink, and white blooms. I would watch those little bud balls grow rounder and bigger with great anticipation every year. Peonies are the perfect flower.

I love living in Florida. I see birds I'd never have seen up north (including bald eagles, and once, whooping cranes), and many different kinds of flowers that don't bloom up north, but I really miss peonies, Queen Anne's Lace, pussy willows, and lilacs...

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Blooming peonies! [View all] elleng May 2015 OP

Beautiful! alfie May 2015 #1

These are along the path, so I only catch the smell when I walk by, alfie. elleng May 2015 #2

We had prolific peonies where I grew up... They were fifty or so years old and came up 1monster May 2015 #3

Lovely! beac May 2015 #4

Hi! Thanks! elleng May 2015 #5

That picture is so good I feel I can smell the fragrence through the computer screen! beac May 2015 #6

I'm so glad you can smell it, beac! elleng May 2015 #9

Is that bottom one a peony? passiveporcupine May 2015 #7

Yes it is, passiveporcupine. elleng May 2015 #8

You are so lucky to be living in a place with mature plants passiveporcupine May 2015 #10

Opp libodem May 2015 #11