Pink Peony

For one short week in June I can find peonies in my local floral shop.  It's too hot to grow them where I live and it gets too expensive to travel to France where I first experienced this beautiful flower.  I enjoy its faint hint of a fragrance and of course, the bountiful cluster of petals that make this flower look like a cheerleader's pom pom.

"Pink Peony"       © Kathy Dunham 2011

Wes' Peony

Living in the desert does have some drawbacks.  For an avid gardner it's not being able to grow cool weather plants and those that require more humidity.  But the benefits are pretty neat.  Year round sun (almost) and some pretty unusual plants.  Guess one can't have it all.

"Wes' Peony"     © Kathy Dunham 2011

Pretty in Pink

Peonies are a phenominal flower.  Loaded with petals, they explode when open into a ball of fluff.  They don't grow where I live but occasionally I can find them in the flower shops. I'll never forget the first time I saw one growing "au naturale", in a garden in the French countryside.  It was wonderful.

"Pretty in Pink"    © Kathy Dunham 2010