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    Home » Gardening

    Peonies Have Arrived

    Published by Pam Kessler | 144 words. · About 1 minute to read this article. -

    I wait all year with giddy anticipation for my peonies to bloom.


    So with much hoopla, I am proud to announce that my white peony has blossomed. Does it sound like I'm announcing the birth of a child or something? Well, same sort of thing.


    I think it's a Duchesse De Nemours, but I have lost the tag that came with it so I am not 100% sure.


    Get out of my buds!


    I also have a light pink Sarah Bernhardt peony which should be blooming within the week and a brand new dark pink Victoire de la Marne which isn't even in the ground yet.

    After the storm last night, I was a little scared to go out and look at my peonies. They survived OK,


    just a little droopy and water logged.


    But the ants are back, so that's a good sign.

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    1. outjunking

      May 25, 2011 at 5:59 pm

      Pam,
      Thank you for visiting my blog, yours is gorgeous, just the the peonies.
      lisa

    2. ⚜ ↁℯℬℬᴵℰ⚜

      May 25, 2011 at 5:43 pm

      Hi Pam! I think blogger is up and running for me now. Love the peonies...and Erin is a doll too. I have that soap dispenser, it is awesome!

    3. Cozy Little House

      May 25, 2011 at 3:36 pm

      I use to have a pink peony. But the ants just devoured it. What's with the ants and the peonies?
      Brenda

    4. victoriantailor

      May 25, 2011 at 12:41 pm

      The white never gets old, beautiful pics, love the wire too! Celeste, victoriantailor.com

    5. Olive Cooper

      May 25, 2011 at 11:56 am

      They are stunning and I am so glad I get to see them for I cannot grow them in this nuclear heat.

    6. Anonymous

      May 25, 2011 at 11:56 am

      I LOVE white peonies! Wish I could grow them! Jacqueline @ Cabin & Cottage, http://getcottage.blogspot.com/

    7. Marigene

      May 25, 2011 at 7:39 am

      Beautiful peonies, Pam. Love the shot with the ant! My peonies are done for this year, the storm last night took care of that...I will miss the heavenly scent of them.

    8. Erin

      May 25, 2011 at 6:39 am

      What a delight Pam! I was just so happy to be seeing your peonies(and the ants,lol-they go hand and hand) and was thinking how nice my day was starting off just looking at your peonies and virtually smelling them, when low and behold there I am! Thank you my dear kind friend for loving my work and for all of your support, you have no idea what it means to me Pam! Love ya:)

    9. Happier Than a Pig in Mud

      May 25, 2011 at 6:08 am

      Looks like your threat worked, we can comment now! Your peonies are beautiful Pam! Love that they are all white, mine have that little touch of pink in the middle:@)

    10. Faded Charm

      May 25, 2011 at 12:17 am

      Your peonies are simply bautiful....one of my favorite flowers:-)

      xoxo
      Kathleen

    11. Anita @ GoingALittleCoastal

      May 25, 2011 at 12:06 am

      I want to have these in the yard so bad. I wonder if it is too hot here in FL. They seem so delicate!

    12. A Rosy Note

      May 24, 2011 at 10:51 pm

      Oh so pretty. I have a few buds on my peonies, I'm hoping they'll be as wonderful as yours...I haven't planted them yet.

    13. Robin

      May 24, 2011 at 10:45 pm

      *sigh* So pretty! I can relate, this is big time stuff. I'm hoping to be making my own announcement soon!

    14. Sarah

      May 24, 2011 at 9:31 pm

      Oh, I'd be announcing it too if I had a gorgeous white peony plant in my garden. This is absolutely stunning! ~ Sarah

    15. Kim K.

      May 24, 2011 at 8:31 pm

      Your white peonies are beautiful. We're still a a week out from blooms in West MI. They are my favorite flower....ants and all!

    16. Kim @ Touch of Nostalgia

      May 24, 2011 at 8:05 pm

      What a lovely peony!! 🙂 I swear I could smell them just viewing your beautiful photos. 🙂 I grew up with them lining my childhood home's driveway. I love to have a huge bouquet in my home. Nothing beats walking in to a room filled with the smell of a peony...well maybe a lilac. 😉

      My Mom's driveway (she has since passed and we sold her home)was lined with them. I also have a newly planted garden of them the length of my driveway. I'm hoping one of them will flower this year. I have one other one alongside the house. It has a good handful of buds on it. I can't wait! I think I check it every day. 😉

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