She has pride of place in the middle of the garden. I thought she was red. Delayed gratification is defined as blooms produced a year and a half after planting. And then, the color is a surprise.
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Ah, wonderful. Of course, that is botanical red; am I right?
Posted by: Norma | Friday, June 02, 2006 at 10:31 PM
absolutely gorgeous. mine are done for the year (wish i could have peonies year round)
Posted by: minnie | Friday, June 02, 2006 at 10:40 PM
That is a gorgeous peony - a tree peony, yes? I've got to stop knitting so much and start expanding the garden, again. There's not much room for new plants.
And you went to Cummington! Darn! I wish I'd met up with you - but I think you went on Saturday, yes? I went Sunday and fell hard for a double-treadle Louet wheel. Mind you, I don't know how to spin but Tom from Abi's Web kindly taught me a little and I'm still drunk on the hormonal haze of it almost a week later, so I might just have to buy the little beauty.
And then next year, I'll probably meet you when we both grab for the same blue-ribbon fleece at the same time!
Posted by: Lynn | Friday, June 02, 2006 at 10:46 PM
You should dye yarn that color...
Posted by: Chris | Friday, June 02, 2006 at 11:00 PM
You should dye wool that colour and spin it...
:-)
Posted by: Lee Ann | Friday, June 02, 2006 at 11:59 PM
Pure joy!
Posted by: Sylvia | Saturday, June 03, 2006 at 12:10 AM
She's stunning!
Posted by: Carole | Saturday, June 03, 2006 at 07:07 AM
So lush. Is there flower porno :-)
Posted by: Kathy | Saturday, June 03, 2006 at 08:31 AM
Oooooh...
Reading knitblogs (like yours and Norma's) is a pretty good replacement for having a garden sometimes.
Posted by: naomi | Saturday, June 03, 2006 at 08:55 AM
That is the most perfect color. I want yarn that color. I want you to be my gardener, I can kill plastic plants.
Posted by: Lorette | Saturday, June 03, 2006 at 08:27 PM
Gorgeous!
Posted by: lisa Co. Springs | Saturday, June 03, 2006 at 09:56 PM
SO pretty! :o)
Posted by: JessaLu | Sunday, June 04, 2006 at 12:43 AM
amazing pictures - I can only imagine what they look like in person. (and I can see how Georgia O'Keefe found her inspiration in some similarly shaped flowers...)
It's pouring here, we're on day two of constant drenching showers. I hope your plants soaked it up!
Posted by: Kristen | Sunday, June 04, 2006 at 09:51 AM
That flower is amazing. I think we used to have a peony plant, a legacy of the former owners. Of course we don't have it any more: Lorette, I could give you a run for your money. That's why I only grow mint. (I don't grow it, of course, it grows. I put it in the ground 11 years ago, and I don't stand too close.)
Posted by: Lucia | Sunday, June 04, 2006 at 02:33 PM
Fragrant? It might just be the perfect flower, if it were.
Posted by: Beth S. | Monday, June 05, 2006 at 03:07 PM
Now the orchestra comes to a rising cresendo.
It would be so awesome to just sit and breathe in the beauty in a garden like yours.
Posted by: Dorothy B | Monday, June 05, 2006 at 10:49 PM
I can't believe how gorgeous this flower is - thanks for sharing these pics!
Posted by: Dipsy D. | Tuesday, June 06, 2006 at 02:04 AM