Best year for our peony shrub in a decade! Due to Nature’s rain and snow? A few sprinkles with the hose? Not sure what makes abundant blooms. Was it too dry past years? Pruning too much in the autumn? Well, in 2023 we are very happy to see it flourishing after the scant two bloom year last summer.
The fragrance is wonderful between the peonies, the violets and the lily of the valley.
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This post is part of Cee’s Flower of the Day.
¡Olé! –Rebecca
Fake Flamenco 
Looks like they are made of paper….
Beautiful 🌺🌸
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Definitely t00 bloom
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Thanks, Devang. It took several hours to fold the tissue paper and clip them in place. 😉
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You are genius!!
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Thanks, Devang. My mother is very good at handicrafts and she taught me how to make them as a child. That is the only true sentence in this joke. 😉
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🌺🤩👏🏻
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These are so beautiful
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Thank you, Sadje. I look forward to this week all year.
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I’m glad it’s living up to your expectations
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Thanks, in gardening there are more hopes than expectations for me, because nature is so variable.
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Indeed it is. 🌷🌹🌻🌺
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Oh, peonies… the smell alone… wonderful! Pretty in pink.
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Thanks, Britta. The scent os lovely. And I like the reference in the second sentence. 😉
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Wow!
These peonies from your garden are so lovely 🙂
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Thank you, Hammad. It’s a very good year in that corner of the garden.
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Oh fabulous. I associate the flower with my birthday, this month. But they’re quite simply not ready yet.
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Happy birthday, this month! Hope they bloom for your birthday. : )
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Ha! They’ve only got two days to get their act together, so I doubt it – thank you for your birthday wishes.
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Have a great birthday weekend!
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Beautiful peonies 😀 😀 and rose bud 😀
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Thanks, Cee. They’re all peonies : )
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The first bud looks like a rose, but the leaves are definitely a peony 😀 I stand corrected 😀
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Cee, I’m sure you know more about plants than I ever will. It did look very rose like.
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Gorgeous pink peonies! Must be so rewarding, especially after a decade! 💕
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Thanks, Rebecca. The garden is lush this spring from all the rain. It’s looking to be a banner year all around. More details as they come… 🙂
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Beautiful, Rebecca!
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Thanks, Rosaliene! How are you? Hope you are well.
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I’m fine, Rebecca. Thanks for asking 🙂
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Glad to hear that. Will you see family over the long weekend memorial day?
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We don’t usually plan family gatherings for Memorial Day. On Mother’s Day, my sister and I had dinner with our sons–we both have two sons.
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That sounds like a good family gathering. Glad for you that you have your sister nearby!
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For more than a year now she has moved to the High Desert region in Southern California. We don’t meet-up as often as we used to when she lived here in Los Angeles.
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To live in the same state sounds nice. 🙂
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They are gorgeous Rebecca. Thanks for sharing
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Thanks, Brenda.
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We had to give up on our peonies after too many years of not blooming. What a loss!
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Sorry to hear that. Had the yard become more shady as trees matured? Peonies like sun.
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not really
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Hm, mysterious. Which flowers are doing well?
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Azaleas, rhodies. Gave up on most flowers. I think there is either a bug or droppings from the juniper. We will go to a retirement community, so I guess the next family will rethink it. We have a lovely yard, though–no grass, all vinca.
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The vinca flowers must be beautiful too.
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How delightful! 🌸 I am happy to read and see your blooms are flourishing this year!
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Thanks, Michele. I really enjoyed your photo of the bird atop the flowering cactus. What an incredible sight.
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Welcome! I have more to share. 🌵😁
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Great, looking forward to it!
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Gorgeous! I like the progression of your photos. 🙂
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Thanks, Susan! It was fun to watch in real time over a couple days.
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Our peonies didn’t do as well this spring. Not enough cold weather over the winter? Too much rain all winter and spring? Who knows? All questions and joking aside… your peonies are beautiful!
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Thanks, Janet. Feels like luck, because I don’t know what I did differently.
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