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trying not to kill the beautiful things
Red Flower With Yellow Center, May 2013
[Taken 9 May 2013]
This currently unidentified red flower peony Alexander Woolcott bloomed before I could get my landscaper in to help identify all the plants and flowers on my property. The long leaves in the foreground belong to this plant; the wider ones in the back are the hollyhocks’ leaves (long before they bloomed).
It got cut to the ground with the rest of the perennials during the fall cleanup, so hopefully it comes back next Spring so I can try to figure out what it is. I really liked it.
Update, 12/30: I Googled double red flower yellow center to find images that looked like the above, and I’m 95% sure this is peony Alexander Woolcott. Given the number of other peonies on the property, I’m not surprised.
Pink Peonies, June 2013
[Taken 1 June 2013]
Another in a series of Photo Friday remembrances of springtime. The blooms are short-lived, but for those few weeks, my fences are abloom with peonies of pink and white.
Perhaps next year I’ll try saving some of the buds in the fridge and see if they really will “hibernate” and bloom a few weeks out-of-season when put in a vase.
First Bouquet of Spring, April 2013
[Taken 19 April 2013]
Planning to get through the barren days of winter by reliving my first Spring in my new home. These hyacinths (pink, purple, and grape) came up in April in the flower bed along the back of the house.
Next Spring, after they bloom and die back, I plan to transplant them to the front fence in an effort to further beautify the flower beds that actually face the road.
Twitter Update: One stump is a pokeberry I wanted gone; one is a r…
One stump is a pokeberry I wanted gone; one is a raspberry I wanted to keep. Come spring, I’ll know which is which. http://t.co/crKXR6HvcZ
