Peony Extravaganza!

An open garden to celebrate the season

Joe Koller send in today ’s exposure of peony .

These pic were drive on May 27 at Alan Summers ’ gardens in Zone 7 in northerly Maryland . He open his gardens to the public for the first metre that week . Alan formerly have Carroll Gardens and was oftentimes mentioned in other issues ofFine Gardeningas a source for unusual plant . Alan has given me permission to resign these photos and to name him as the source . He currently has a Saturday first light radio show where he handles gardening questions from all over the country for one 60 minutes . I go for you enjoy these photos , and good luck to all !

A lovely bearded iris ( Irisgermanica , Zones 4–9 ) glows against a background of plentiful greens . say more about flag here .

What is better than a peony ( Paeonia lactiflora , Zones 3–8 ) ? Why , a elephantine words of hundreds of them ! Peonies are a good alternative for mass like this because they give such an over - the - top show when they flower , and they are notably long - exist , easy - to - care - for works . All they really involve is sun and some form of support to keep their heavy flush from drooping .

Another horizon of the massive planting of peonies . Though peony are only in bloom for a short while , wrangle of daylilies in front of them stand ready to carry on the show .

Closeup of a endearing whitened peony , just flush with a bit of pinko at its heart . Watch this video on how to protect peonies .

More paeony . It is no wonderment Alan open up his garden the hebdomad that he did ; with all the peonies in flush , it could hardly be more beautiful .

broad grassy paths and specimen Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree make a beautiful structure for the flowers to tittup their stuff .

row of carefully labeled trial bed of iris diaphragm . The American Iris Society visited this test garden with 2,000 iris plants , many of them uncommon assortment that are no longer commercially usable .

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