Peony Season

For me Peony Season is right up there with Pumpkin Season…….. and I love pumpkins.  So it’s raining here and I swear I saw animals pairing up!  In May it is customary for us to be on the coast of South Carolina for Bike Week.  Since I have been chained to this house this year,  as my peonies  began to open up, I clipped them and brought them in the house.  Good thing because what’s left out in the flower bed are in the mud.

A  little bit unorthodox for a flower vase but what do I have all of these tureens for?

So when we moved here 20 years ago I went to Lowes garden center and bought myself a white peony.  The next Spring when it bloomed, it was red.  So I marched right back in to Lowes and got another white peony…… and waited.  Spring 2002 rolled around and this peony was pink.      I could just see in my mind some little kid in there rearranging all the tags on the peonies.  But hope Springs eternal, and I marched right back and spun the peony wheel one more time…….

And I had a winner!

See it , sitting right on top?

I’m really enjoying this big bowl of peonies ya’ll,  plus the fragrance is glorious .  I have to say that with cut peonies usually come ants :(((.  Maybe it’s because I cut them before they opened fully but I haven’t had a problem with them this year.

Not much going on today, just pretty pictures.

Stay Safe !

Paige