If you’re in need of a big jolt of spring color, an eye-popping display of 425 tree peonies in full bloom should do the trick. Every May, the tree peonies in Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Mount ...
Peonies were a gift to the American people from the small Japanese town of Yatsuko-Cho Delicious colors: hot pink, pale yellow, lipstick-rich crimson, mauve, pure white It's a short show —up to 10 ...
Peonies have been a staple in central Ohio gardens for generations, and for good reason. Their flowers are magnificent but fleeting, lasting only a few weeks in late spring. They make an excellent ...
Plant a peony and you call up the past. More than lilacs, hydrangeas, camellias and hollyhocks -- maybe even roses -- these romantic, long-lived plants top the nostalgia list. And not just because ...
Peonies, for me, are the ultimate romantic flower. You almost forget you have them as they vanish down below ground in winter. Then, what a delight, when their tight buds appear every year, promising ...
I wouldn't say the flowers of tree peonies — those "other" peonies — prepare you for the flowery show of the more common herbaceous peonies that come soon after. No, with quivering golden stamens ...
Honestly, it was love at first sight. I stepped inside the greenhouse, and there it was. Its one blossom was turned toward me. The broad, cupped petals looked like pink velvet, punctuated by a yellow ...