A study
June 09, 2009
June 3, 2009
June 5, 2009
June 6, 2009
Same bouquet of peonies, but the color changed as they opened up. Pretty amazing, if you ask me.
June 3, 2009
June 5, 2009
June 6, 2009
Same bouquet of peonies, but the color changed as they opened up. Pretty amazing, if you ask me.
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Stunning! They must just make you smile as you walk by, or notice them from across a crowded room...
Oh, and I love the green wall!
Posted by: ali | June 09, 2009 at 09:20 AM
just beautiful.
Posted by: melissa | June 09, 2009 at 09:28 AM
Peonies are one of my favorite flowers - beautiful in all their stages.
Posted by: Ellen | June 09, 2009 at 09:40 AM
love this erin.
you should make a triptyque.
Posted by: martha | June 09, 2009 at 09:49 AM
Your wall is the perfect vehicle for setting them off as well.
Posted by: Ali | June 09, 2009 at 09:51 AM
beautiful!
Posted by: jess | June 09, 2009 at 10:10 AM
gorgeousness x 3
Posted by: cathygaubert | June 09, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Amazing! I'm dying to plant some but think we'll move in the next year or so so I'm making myself wait. Then I'll plant a dozen!
Posted by: Julie | June 09, 2009 at 10:41 AM
I think these are just about my favorite flowers. I was getting bunches of them from my boyfriend's mom, but they are done blooming for the year now. So sad how quickly they go.
Posted by: Megan | June 09, 2009 at 10:43 AM
peonies really are amazing!!!
Posted by: heather jane | June 09, 2009 at 10:59 AM
We have some of the blooms in our yard I can't wait to watch this progression.
Posted by: Stacey B | June 09, 2009 at 11:40 AM
I have to say that one of the worst things about moving to Southern California from the midwest is that we can't grow peonies!
Posted by: Kathleen | June 09, 2009 at 12:12 PM
My favorite- and I agree with Kathleen above, as SoCal would be a much prettier place with peonies! :)
Posted by: Candice D. | June 09, 2009 at 12:31 PM
I love them! That is so neat how they lighten up!
Posted by: Piper | June 09, 2009 at 12:32 PM
ummm. yeah. amazing. i have serious peony envy.
Posted by: heidi | June 09, 2009 at 12:44 PM
:) You know how I feel about this, but I couldn't just walk by silently.
Posted by: Tracy | June 09, 2009 at 01:13 PM
gorgeous.
and martha's right.
Posted by: cloth.paper.string | June 09, 2009 at 01:43 PM
wishing i had been there with my paints!
Posted by: emily | June 09, 2009 at 02:47 PM
Love them! Mine are finally opening up!
Posted by: jesse | June 09, 2009 at 03:38 PM
Wow, that is simply amazing. This is why I love nature; it is always full of surprises.
Posted by: WildMama | June 09, 2009 at 05:04 PM
Very pretty too!
Posted by: Jennie | June 09, 2009 at 06:18 PM
oh oh oh. ooohhh.
seeing these photos fills my heart to bursting. love peonies.
we can't have them here, in Brisbane, Australia. it's too hot, we rarely see them in the florists, and they never last once you get them home.
so, thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Ellie - Petalplum | June 09, 2009 at 06:21 PM
Thanks for the photos! I am adding a peony tree (bush?) to the list of things I need in our future-house.
Posted by: chicago sarah | June 09, 2009 at 06:38 PM
wow, that is cool! really pretty too :)
Posted by: Kendall Micayla | June 09, 2009 at 09:17 PM
beautiful! the photos look stunning!
Posted by: darlene | June 10, 2009 at 12:06 AM
i love all flowers, but peonies are a real treat aren't they? i actually like them in their semi-closed state best!
Posted by: kaet | June 10, 2009 at 09:39 AM
the peonies at my house will not bloom because there are no ants to open them up. I am going to do my own little study to see if cutting them works. thanks for pictures to plant the idea.
Posted by: katie | June 10, 2009 at 11:16 AM
So beautiful, Erin. What a neat thing, to witness that change.
I was just reading yesterday about how it's believed that some flowers change color to signal pollinators... something about their age, availability for pollinating and nectar content.
Nature never ceases to amaze me.
You either :-)
Posted by: stefani | June 10, 2009 at 11:29 AM
apparently coral peonies do that. i just talked to my florist about my bouquet that i just had.
Posted by: lisa | June 10, 2009 at 01:42 PM
i love peonies. and as an aside...i can't see them without thinking of you. i picked some buds and brought them inside today. within an hour they were opening up. i was shocked!
Posted by: amandajean | June 10, 2009 at 05:34 PM
it's hard to decide which is more stunningly beautiful- the peonies or your photographs of the peonies!
Posted by: CMV | June 13, 2009 at 05:12 PM