Thursday, October 8, 2015

Peonies







Florence  Fitz

Peonies are some of the largest and most beautiful and luscious of all flowers.
They need a cold winter to rest, but then they reward you with innumerable
gorgeous blossoms.  The earliest open by Mother's Day, and by Memorial Day
they are all in bloom, and they flourish until late June unless heavy rains
crush them.  Flowers are 6 - 8 inches in diameter.



Andromache 

I had beautiful beds of cream, pink, and magenta peonies in my yard, and my neighbors
 all over town in Wisconsin had many bushes.  Some of the most unusual were in the
gardens of the mansions along Summit Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota.


Abalone Pearl Apricot

Most of these pictures were taken in Western Wisconsin and in the beautiful gardens
of the mansions on Summit Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota.



Elise N



Bushes of peonies in bloom.




Cora Stubbs





Age of Gold





Pink Hawaiian Coral





Diana






Bush of Jade Red Peonies





Orange Tree Peony





Yellow Tree Peony





Azuma





Carmine Rosa





Leda





Edith Piaf





"Center Stage" Tree Peony





Black Lotus




White Festiva Bush






Pink Parfait





"Gay Paree" Bush





Taste of Apricot





Jackie O





Love's Delight





Miss Polly





Dream Cloud






Crown Imperial




Terpsichore





Lavender  Lady





Pink Petticoats



I hope you have enjoyed this stroll through the Virtual Peony Garden.







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