They
are up near the top of my list of favourite flowers. I would also put Stargazer Lilies on this
list – and Lavender… But I don’t have Lavender
or Stargazer Lilies planted anywhere in my yard (yet!)
When
I first took possession of my home I was thrilled to see there were some roses
in both the front and back yards – they yards were way too overgrown for me to
see if there was much else and last spring I was happy to see peonies coming up
as well. At that point there were two peony
bushes at the front and about 5 in the back yard (some right in the MIDDLE of
the back yard) and as I was whacking away at various plants in the back yard I
came across a couple of other roses that showed some potential. I dug out the back yard peonies and replanted
them as well as a couple of roses into the front yard. I wasn’t especially gentle with them and
since not one of them was actually scented I wouldn’t have been especially
heart-broken if they decided to die off.
They
all flourished. The dark pink peony did
the best in the transplanting. The
surprise for me has been the rose bush that was cut down to the ground when the
old maple stump was cut out. That
particular rose came back this year, has lovely pink blossoms on it and turned
out to be an old fashioned rose.
One of
the peonies that started out front didn’t do much of anything last year – no blossoms
at all – and I figured it was badly located (not enough water?) and it
surprised me this summer as well – it has a tea-rose scent to it!
Eventually
most of the unscented peonies and roses at the front of my house will be
replaced scented ones, but for now I have some beautiful blossoms to enjoy!
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| Rose and Dwarf Russian Maple |
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| Surprise Rose! |
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| Happy Peony |
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| More of the Happy Peonies |
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