I just had to share a little more Peony beauty with you on this gorgeous Saturday morning. This is the 2nd and final harvest I gathered from the garden a couple of days ago. Between the 3 bushes, they produced more than 100 blooms.
I am running out of vases so I decided to fill an urn and set it on my dresser. It's actually just right in scale and proportion.....and the bedroom smells like a florist shop!
Fresh flowers truly transform a space like no other decoration ever could.
I'm sorry I don't know the names of all of these varieties, as they are over 100 years old. You can check here in this peony paradise to find some similar if not exact. This one (below) is just barely a blush color. I wish I knew the name.
I received several emails from readers asking now to divide their peony bushes. I am not an expert on the topic like my mom is, but I found this article that will tell you everything you need to know.
These are gorgeous, Andrea. We used to live in an old house that had large old peony bushes. I had so many that I even put them on vases on my porch! They're amazing.
Posted by: Holly Abston | May 24, 2008 at 12:06 PM
YOUR PEONY FLOWERS ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL. THANKS FOR SHARING.
Posted by: SONIA | May 24, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Oh Andrea...they are just so beautiful. You are bringing back memories of my own "Nana". She had beautiful peony bushes in her little garden...I can still see them when I take myself back...
Thank-you for sharing.
Have a great long weekend!
Hugs, Nancy
Posted by: Nancy | May 24, 2008 at 01:01 PM
What absolute BEAUTIES!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Deanna Huggard | May 24, 2008 at 01:08 PM
wow! wow! wow! wow! wow! LOVE all of your beautiful peonies =0) and that purse is to die for - LOVE it! debbie
Posted by: debbie | May 24, 2008 at 04:29 PM
Your peonies are so perfectly beautiful they could pass for faux flowers. All that prettiness and they're scented too?...Amazing! Thank you for letting me admire them...they don't like the climate here in So. California.
Posted by: Samantha | May 24, 2008 at 08:11 PM
Your peonies are breathtakingly beautiful!
They are the most showy, lucious flowers I know of. Your are truly blessed to have them.
Hope you will stop by my blog and enter my Cottage Charm giveaway.
hugs,
Deborah
Posted by: Deborah | May 24, 2008 at 11:09 PM
what lovely peonies! I am still waiting on mine to bloom! I cannot wait!
xo, tiffany
Posted by: tiffany~shabbys scraps | May 25, 2008 at 12:53 AM
Oh- peonies are my FAV flowers! They were in my wedding bouquet and I just planted 7 plants around my house...can't wait for those gorgeous blooms.
Question- how do you keep those pesky ants away??
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: brianadiller | May 25, 2008 at 07:45 AM
So, so lovely! I bet your house smells heavenly:) Now I wish I had some peonies in my yard!
Posted by: Leah C | May 25, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Andrea they are so beautiful.
Alison
Posted by: Alison Gibbs | May 25, 2008 at 04:40 PM
Gorgeous photos! Peonies are my FAVOURITE flower and I have 2 bushes in my backyard-although they haven't bloomed yet cause it's still kind of cold here in Toronto.Have a great week!
Sandyxoxo
Posted by: Sandy Camarda | May 25, 2008 at 07:47 PM
I love peonies~ They are very pretty smelling and make lovely arrangements!Mine are just getting ready to bloom!
Posted by: Andrea | May 25, 2008 at 09:32 PM
Oh, I just love your flowers!! They are sooo beautiful!!
Posted by: Freda | May 26, 2008 at 02:03 AM
These look beautiful!I also have in my backyard but i can't decide to cut or not to cut. Mine are drooping my whole bush is this normal?
Posted by: sheva | May 26, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Amazing Andrea!
I have never tried to grow them.
Maybe I will try it.
Thanks for sharing,
Rosemary
Posted by: Rosemary | May 26, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Thank you for sharing your lovely peonies with us! I am in peony paradise! This will definitely be a "must" for next year!
XO!
Posted by: Holly | May 26, 2008 at 02:36 PM
Peonies are one of my favorite, right up there with tulips, lilacs, lily-of-the-valley and lavender. Lucky for me, I get to enjoy yours and in a week or so, the ones here...they haven't bloomed yet in Wisconsin! But boy, the lilacs are putting on a great show!
Posted by: Michele | May 27, 2008 at 05:06 PM
Aren't Peonies the greatest? I think they look like giant roses. When we first got marriend my husband used to work for Klehm's Nursery, who specialty was growing peonies. (Their gift shop was called The Pink Peony.) Our neighbors had some Klehm Peonies planted in their yard from the 1950's and I was sick when I found out that the new owners dug them all out. I wish I had known they were doing that because I would have transplanted them in our yard. We have some Coral Charm peonies which start out a apricot color when they first bloom and turn a creamy white as they open. Thanks so much for sharing your beauties with us.
xo
jeanne
P.S. The new sweet treats in your shop look very yummy!
Posted by: Jeanne | May 28, 2008 at 10:38 AM
So beautiful! I found you just by chance tonight and enjoyed pausing here. My two peony plants are full of buds (in Oregon) and it looks like it's going to be a wonderful year for them. Can't wait.
Posted by: Lydia | May 31, 2009 at 04:57 AM