Couldn’t they come up with a better name for this flower?

Posted by Tricia in Sunday, June 29th 2008   

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It’s time for yet another Green Thumb Sunday post, yet as I was just saying on my gardening blog I had a very hard time deciding which pictures to post today.

My garden is probably at it’s high point right now and it’s just packed with blooms! So many lovely flowers to show you, yet how long can I make this post?

Why don’t I show you the peonies today? They were blooming like crazy last weekend, but they are pretty much done now. I’m so glad I got a chance to take some photos of them before they were finished.

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Meet Karl Rosenfield - the Peony. Normally it’s red, but as the peony ages it seems to lighten and become more of a deep rose color. I actually think I like it in it’s multicolored glory much better than when it’s just red.

Now this peony, Peony Pecher, is normally a very pale shade of pink or perhaps even coral pink when it first blooms and all it’s petals are packed tight together in an organized swirl, but like the first peony that I discussed this one changes color as it ages too.

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It’s petals loosen and get lighter until you’d swear the flower had always been bright white. I think this peonies petals look almost like a birds ruffled feathers. So pretty.

If you’re wondering what Peonies look like before they bloom they’re the ones with the buds that look like round balls. They are usually sticky with sap and covered in ants ….

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4 users responded to this post

Teresa (1 comments.) said in June 29th, 2008 at 6:13 pm    

lovely peonies. Yes, I have noticed ants on mine too. Why is that?

Aiyana (29 comments.) said in June 30th, 2008 at 1:47 am    

Wonderful photos. I think the pink one is my favorite. No, the white one!
Aiyana

David Leonhardt - SEO blogger (14 comments.) said in June 30th, 2008 at 3:55 pm    

So I learned something today. I assumed that “peonies” was the singular and plural name for the flower. It’s the only way I had heard it spoken. All of ours are pink.

Tiger lillies bursting forth this weekend, though.

Convention Bags (0 comments.) said in July 1st, 2008 at 6:00 pm    

The ants aren’t on the peony bushes to pollinate them as is commonly thought. The sap the flower buds produce is loved by ants though and that is why they flock to them.

If you cut your flowers off to take them into the house make sure you knock all the ants off outside first.

I think everyone should have a peony bush in their yard, even people without a green thumb can grow them. In fact you really have to go out of your way to kill one of these plants.

And if you dig them out to move them you had better get every last bit of the root system or it will be coming back. It might take an extra year or two but it will be back. LOL

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