That is beautiful. I always hated peony all my life. Not the flower while it's blooming but the plant and the falling plant after heavy rains. I bought this one only because the flower is so beautiful That I decided to suffer with all I hated about it. I have been tying it up on stakes, along with all my tall plants that collapse in heavy rains. It works beautifully. Now I want more and more of them. They have come along way in their beauty alone with my idea of tying supporting the plant makes them very desirable to me. Peony Palustris, now I have another journey to go on. I want one like yours. Thank you for sharing with us.
One of my peonies is already over but I have another about to bloom. Neither are as special as either yours or Barb's but I love them anyway.
And can't you just put your little nose right up against the puter screen and take a good sniff. I can just smell them now. Heaven on earth, it's right up there on my like list with Gardenia. YESSSS
Found it. This is made out of Hazel branches and based on one we saw at Erddig National Trust property near Wrexham, Wales. It is put in place before the plant begins to grow and shoots are carefully made to grow up inside the frame work. Eventually the foliage hides the Hazel.
I could never use that for stakes as we have many many rocks in the ground. I will take a pic of what we use. You will laugh about it. If I tie them as they grow in the Spring you never see it. If I do it to late you see it till it grows a bit.
Oh Cheryl, I just can't imagine life without my peonies Outside my bedroom window smells Heavenly with the peonies in bloom (especially Big Ben) and the honeysuckle
Here are my stakes. It's what my hubby calls rebar. It stays all year even when the plants die down in the Winter. I have decided how large the plant "may" get and if it goes beyond the limits we put by staking it, we just dig out and move all the extra to other places. We have so many spots that need plants at the moment. We got a late start with staking but if you do it during the growth period you never see it. then I usually use green twine to tie them and if they grow very tall I can add another level of twine. I di this to keep the plants going longer during the pounding rains. They droop a little but pop right back up the next day rather than laying down and never coming up.
What beautiful peonies! I love them too, but get frustrated with the flopping. I try to just get the Japanese flowered ones as they don't flop so much.
Palustris, That is a beauty! This was the first year mine was ready to bloom. Then it rained and stormed for 3 days and none of the blossoms opened for me to see. They were all weighted down with the rain and rotted. It was a very pale beautiful pink, too.
