I have peony-envy. Check out the object of my jealousy here.
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Seriously, our peonies are doing quite well this year. We have two bushes: one is pink and the other is reddish-pink, and they are both doubles. I staked them up in time before they could flop over in the rain. Dean cut a gorgeous bloom the other day and it has been opening on the kitchen table. A lovely fragrance each morning. I love how the little seed head forms in the very center. Very erotic.
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I was at KF's house the other evening for poetry group, and she had three huge gorgeous garnet-colored peonies together in a vase on the kitchen table.
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"Peony Envy." Hmmm. Perhaps a poem title?
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Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Your traits: compassionate, energetic, intuitive and imaginative. Your sensitivity, loyalty and organizational skills make you an excellent caregiver.
Compatible jobs: Tap into your nurturing nature with a job in *healthcare*, social work, psychology or teaching. You might also consider a career in law, where your desire to protect and defend others would be put to good use.
Famously successful Cancers: Diana, Princess of Wales, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rockefeller.
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I've heard it as both PEE-a-nee and pee-OH-nee. How do you pronounce it?
Here in Indiana, some people pronounce peonies "pineys." That's just weird to me.
Hi Anne: I think I say PEE-oh-Nee? (hard stress on PEE, middle stress on Nee, and no stress on oh).
I know that sounds weird, but perhaps it is a Warshontonian pronounce-eeh-ay-shun?
Peter - that sounds like about how I say it here in Indianer. :)
The "piney" thing is just weird. I've only heard it from true dyed-in-the-wool Hoosiers.
Anne--Here in Kin-tucky, it's often PEA-OH-KNEE with three equal stresses.
Peter--Instead of laundry, we do the warsh here--didn't know that was a West Coast thing. LOL.
My peonies are going to open any day now. I can't wait.
I'm a definite Pee-Oh-Nee. My mother however, calls them Pinies.
A sweet william question for you Peter--have you noticed siginificant color variations in the same bunch? I separated a mother colony last year and now have three distinct shades of pink. Not sure if this is to do with soil or what...but curious.
RJG: fascinating about the color change of your sweet william (love that name). I have not seen that happen. Instead, we had several different colors, and now this strong deep red is the only shade we have.
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