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Karen's avatar

One of the tenants in the building I manage gifted me two exquisite Yellow peonies last week. I swooned! Creamy, beautiful yellow - a color I did not know peonies bloomed in! What a gift!

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Tamara's avatar

Wow, almost all our peonies have gone by already. Their smell is one of my favorites. Very classy to put one exquisite peony alone in a bud vase. :)

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Kathy Sieg's avatar

So lovely! Thank you for sharing; one of my favorite flowers that will not grow in my yard. So I treasure them whenever I see them and I bow to you who can grow them!

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Tamara's avatar

Aww, that's too bad. Some of them did take a while to bloom and looked unpromising, but eventually they came through.

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Kathy Sieg's avatar

They don't like my clay/adobe soil and what does grow the gophers just clap their hands and cheer!

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Jackie Sideman's avatar

Beautiful. I love peonies, they’re one of my favorite flowers. Thanks for sharing.

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Cynthia Corbin's avatar

Gorgeous!! I had a brief relationship with a peony…when we bought this house (and wild garden)31 years ago, one lone peony plant showed up in the early spring, one lone and gorgeous light pink bud blossomed into full glory. Just one. I think it was overwhelmed by other plants surrounding it, and it never bloomed again. Not being a gardener, myself, I tend to let plants fend for themselves in our natural wooded surroundings. Some get along fine, some don’t. But it was one beautiful flower I will never forget.

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Beth Potter's avatar

Pink perfection.

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Elizabeth Ann's avatar

Ok, I’m going to make the Lilacs jealous but I also love peonies!A beautiful quote!

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Colleen Ware's avatar

Thank you Clara. I have found myself turning more and more to nature to sooth my troubled soul - let us always appreciate and care for our Mother Earth.

Take care in the heat. Maine's forecast is worse than ours, and that is bad enough. Be cool.

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Mary Thompson's avatar

Thank you Clara. I don't have peonies, but I do have a bumper crop of clover in full bloom.💖😌

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Alicia Barr's avatar

😂👍

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Lauren Dillon's avatar

Thank you. We need peonies, and respites, more than ever.

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Laura P.'s avatar

“… and feel the soft, cool petals against your cheeks.” 🩷

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Jennifer Manoukian's avatar

Thank you! It’s perfect, especially the creamy edges…

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JoAnn's avatar

Wonderful! Thanks 🤗

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Susan Bryson Earle's avatar

Love peonies and Woolf. Thanks.

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Jennifer Lindberg's avatar

Thank you. ❤️

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Linda S's avatar

Oh, how beautiful! Thank you so much!

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