It blooms!  Woo Hoo!!  And just look at how BIG the bloom is!!

And durable.  This bloom is a week old & has endured rain several times.  Bonus!

I know Peony as an old-fashioned perennial.  There are several in our garden.  But Tree Peony?   Doesn’t the name sound exotic??  They’re a recent discovery for me.

in February 2012 I bought one from Joe Harvey, a local fellow who develops new varieties of peony.  So, this ‘tree’ is still a baby.  I’m impressed it produced a bloom in  its 3rd spring.

Now I’m excited for the future….

How much longer will the bloom last?…   How tall will the ‘tree’ get this year? … Will there be more blooms? … Will the deer leave it alone? (The baby deer are arriving in the garden these days & they’ll usually try a taste of anything.)

So many questions. Always so much to learn.  Isn’t gardening grand?

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