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Saturday, November 1, 2014

my very first peony...

Well I couldn't help but be a little bit excited today! After purchasing several peony plants and waiting about 3 years... today.. I had my very first peony bloom!


I had never really heard of this plant 'till I started seeing and reading about them in blogland... and I knew that I just had to get my hands on one.


I ended up getting the plants online and the first year I planted them there wasn't much of a show of leaves which was very disappointing. So I ended up digging them up again and amending the soil adding more fertilizer. Then last year again only a few leaves and I was beginning to think that this may not be the right area for these plants. This year however the plants seem to be stronger and slightly larger and I was so happy to see that I had a bud on one of them. I must have watched that bud everyday 'till it opened I think!


This one is called Monsieur Jules Elie and she's a beauty, what a gorgeous flower. I'm so glad I gave them a go .. now I only hope next year the other's decide to bloom as well!
take care, Maryann


 

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4 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 1, 2014 at 11:18 PM

    It IS gorgeous. Thank you for sharing her with us.

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  2. MegNovember 2, 2014 at 7:41 AM

    Beautiful....I have 3 unopened ...and dying to take pics....I'm checking every morning xxxx

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  3. Heirloom treasuresNovember 2, 2014 at 8:30 PM

    Just gorgeous Maryann.I must try to grow some too.

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  4. TaniaNovember 3, 2014 at 9:15 PM

    Hi Maryann, I to have that same one and hoping to get some flowers from mine next year. It is just gorgeous.
    A simply stunning flower.
    Taniaxx

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