Tree peonies are SO BIG in bloom, seven, eight, nine, ten and more inches across that when first you see them you think you are in some more tropical climate....and not in Wisconsin. But, you are in Wisconsin here in my backyard. I love them. I love their colours. I love their dainty charms. I love their perfume. I love to touch their ever so soft petals. I love their super size buds. I love them...and they know it!
I have six of them in colours of red, pink and shades in between. They grow bigger in shrub size every year. They make excellent cut flowers (later today I plan to pick some for an indoor bouquet). They are quite hardy for as you know, they grow in the mountains of China. Their cultivation is easy. But enough! Let's get on with the pictures!
This picture is a bonus! It's my lone surviving a Wisconsin winter pond frog. But, not to worry! Look closely at the right side of this picture and see newly hatched tadpoles swimming on a lily pad. And, in the next picture too!
Gorgeous peonies!
ReplyDeleteApparently the lone frog is a Mrs-not a Mr!