This Is For You California Girls!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I cut these this morning:

They are very old peonies, the old-fashioned kind with a wonderful fragrance. I have had peonies before, but never fragrant ones.

Anyone else have peonies blooming now?

[F, Calla & Luca]

Lucky you, we could use some rain here in NJ.

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Thanks Karen...as soon as the rain stops we are going outside to cut them!!! I will photograph them once they are in the vase and attach the photos once I am back home next week!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Here is another I saw in my garden today.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

That one is really unusual! It almost looks like a wild rose!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Like too many things in my garden I don't know it's name unfortunately. I don't remember seeing it before but some things take a couple of years or more to bloom.

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

I just got back from visiting my grandbabies in Boston. Here are some of the photos I took of the garden at my son's house. I just LOVE Peonies and wish I could grow them here in San Diego. I am going to do a search and see if there are any that have been made for our climate.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Gorgeous!