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A Week of Flowers – Day Four

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It has been fun joining Cathy of Words and Herbs this week in posting a week of flowers. The concept is to share one or more photos a day of our flowers and gardens to spread a little joy.

For Day Four I am remembering the lift brought by peonies for three weeks beginning the last week of April through midMay.

Paeonia ‘Festiva Maxima’

Paeonia ‘Festiva Maxima’

Paeonia lactiflora ‘Coral Charm’ (Coral Charm Peony)

Paeonia lactiflora ‘Coral Charm’ (Coral Charm Peony)

Paeonia lactiflora ‘Sarah Bernhardt’

Paeonia ‘Pink Parfait’ (Peony)

Paeonia ‘Madame Emile Debatene’

Paeonia ‘Madame Emile Debatene’

For more smiles and flowers visit Cathy to see what blooms she and other gardeners chose today.

In A Vase On Monday – Peony Pink

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In A Vase on Monday – Peony Pink

Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share an arrangement using materials collected from our gardens.

Today’s vase features a flower advertised by the nursery as Paeonia lactiflora ‘Black Beauty’ (Nightlife Peony). As it lacks the deep rich color burgundy color of the promise, I usually just refer to it as a pink peony.

Lovely in its own right, it stands alone in a crystal bud vase received as a wedding gift (40 years ago this June).

The flower has a slight tinge of brown on one edge, a testament to having survived stormy winds, rains and plunging temperatures the past week.

In A Vase on Monday – Peony Pink

In A Vase on Monday – Peony Pink

Materials
Paeonia (Peony)
Crystal bud vase

In A Vase on Monday – Peony Pink

Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting and giving us a chance to express our flower arranging passion. Visit her to discover what she and others found this week in their gardens to place In A Vase On Monday.