

I was going to write about vegetables today — all appearances to the contrary I do grow a few in the garden. I’m not very good at it though so I’ve been putting it off, and when I walked about yesterday and realized that the peonies were at their height of glory I decided to delay once again so that we can revel in the colour, fragrance and mystery of these giant, wondrous blooms. Plus a shot of a solitary ‘black’ Iris growing on a hill surrounded by daisies.
If you’d like to see more Sixes from around the world, head on over to The Propagator, who devised this wonderful theme.
#2 – I stumbled across this solitary Duchesse de Nemours in the back garden. It’s the only peony I have with a cultivar I know! I must have planted it years ago in a small garden that has since been totally overtaken by tall grasses and goldenrod. The photo on the let was taken mid afternoon, on the right a few hours later at dusk. Lovely how the petals close around the flower, even with such a large bloom.





Hehe the peonies and the iris are beautiful but for me the daisies stole the show. I love daisies. A very lovely six!
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Thanks Nat! The daisies are everywhere and I didn’t plant a single one!
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Even better! Spontaneous gorgeousness 🌸
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It’s easy to understand why you were tempted away from vegetables by those glorious peonies.
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Wow that first purply peony is a beauty!
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It really is isn’t it? So fortunate !
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I’m not a photografer but the pictures #1 and #3b are very beautiful Chris. I’m waiting for my peonies that are still buds… I console myself with those of others !
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Thank you Fred- it’s a good year!
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Lovely selection, Chris! ‘Duchess de Nemours’ is one of my favourites. A tough one, and I just love the lime centre.
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And it’s so sturdy…never flops over!
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Ah, peonies! You have a gorgeous selection there. The first does shine with almost a lilac that is unusual.
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Thanks. … I need to try and find the variety name.
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Mother nature continually amazes eh?
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I never knew what a variety of peonies there are until I started following SOS. You have some lovely ones. That’s a rather special Iris too.
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Peonies and irises. What more could I ask for? Beautiful.
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Thank you!
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Love that first double. I don’t have any peonies but I might be tempted by that one. Don’t the flowers go over very fast?
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Depends on how warm/hot it is…the first double here doesn’t last long….others have multiple flowers on each stalk though so last a lot longer.
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Wow! I think that the first picture is prettier than the white ‘Dutchess de Nemours’. It is such a unique color.
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It is fetching, isn’t it?
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Fetching?
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Yes, of course. It is fetching. The white one is too of course, but that first one us unreal.
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