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@Yahooey wrote:

@Drythe 

 

can you or anyone else give me the 411 rundown on peonies

 

it was so confusing reading info

tree vs bush? several main types of peonies?

 

some flop bc if gets bogged down with rain and some don't?

 

double petal - and other terms... sigh

 

i want lots of petals like when u make flowers out of tissue paper in

grade school

 

i was gifted with Sarah Bernhardt peonies last year and they were so pretty

thoughts?  need help and just want to buy one that will flower and make me happy

 

ai gotz a few months before buying them - 

 

 


@Yahooey 

 

Tree Peonies are a lot of work, finicky you might say.

 

Bush Peonies are pretty carefree once they get a good start.  They want Full Sun, no scrimping.  And, they need a big hole 🕳, a bushel size hole for a pint sized plant, with lots of bone meal and good yummies in it.  Look it up.  They are very profuse here in the south.  The ones I have were passed down from my Great Grandmother.

 

Singles have one row of petals around the center.  

Doubles look like the ones you made from tissue.  All the ones I saw from Dear Preds were doubles.

 

Hope this helps.

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@Yahooey  Thank you for the shout out. Yes, I do somewhat garden.  We have a lot of land on which we provide food, water, and shelter to wildlife.  

Used to plant vegetables but the critters would eat all.  Now, I do containers on the patio and inside the house.   I also have lots of plants. Some are offspring from those my grandma had.  

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i'm a city gurl but i lubs animals

what kind of critters?

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thanks @Drythe 

 

now ai gotta

 

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it is that time again

i went to the dentist last feb (little was known) and glad to have had it done

then i went again summer when everything was sanitized down

 

i'm always anxious for days after  since my mouth was open ....

waaah - ai goez but ai no likie

ai hissy kitteh

 

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Good Morning Preds and Friends!

 

Cloudy day today.  We might get some rain.  

 

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Gm Preds & Friends! 

 

@Yahooey we have a peony bush outside....a deep pink.  It is beautiful but one strong rainstorm and petals blow off.  I call it my Preds Peony. Heart

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It's going to be 70 and sunny again today.  You know what that means - grilling!  

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@Mj12 wrote:

Gm Preds & Friends! 

 

@Yahooey we have a peony bush outside....a deep pink.  It is beautiful but one strong rainstorm and petals blow off.  I call it my Preds Peony. Heart


@Mj12 

 

That is so sweet.  That would make her so happy!

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@cowboy sam how are you doing? Heart