Used my Google-fu to identify this red flower as peony Alexander Woolcott! (I think.) #gardening blog.dianaschnuth.com/2013/12/27/red…
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My first #hobonichi entry with text AND a sketch AND a photo. It would look so much cooler if I knew kanji, though. http://t.co/rDuIPQv5TN
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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.