In our backyard, right up against our neighbor's driveway, there was an old flowerbed dileneated by a border of paving stones. It had not been maintained for years and was mostly overgrown by grass except for a few tulip plants that grew with no rhyme or reason. The back featured a row of huge, bushy peony plants. There were three different colors including very light pink, bright pink and fuschia. In June they bloomed with hundreds of flowers. I cut some to make a few bouquets but mostly enjoyed them outside. When he started improving the yard, Justin wouldn't let a pre-existing plant live and he wanted to do away with the peonies as well. I wanted to keep them. He said he would plant them somewhere else. I looked it up on the internet and learned that established peony plants don't adjust well to being transplanted.
Sigh...last week I gave up and he dug them up. Two were transplanted and the rest were given away to Justin's co-workers. Sorry I don't have any photos but they are not much to see right now anyway! I guess I will have a surprise next spring because we don't know which colors remain! Spring seems like a lifetime away right now!
This is a picture of one of my bouquets. It looks pretty sparse! The reason it is that way is because you are supposed to cut peonies before the blooms have opened. I was imagining something more like this...
Yeah...Nice try!
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