Tag Archives: tree peony

Always a bright spot

Image April 29, 2021 XingfuMama 7 Comments

It’s really spring when this bloom opens up.

This year the bush only has one bloom. This peony was here when we moved in 34 years ago. The maple has grown up and is shading it so the plant has gone leggy. I’m trying to root a cutting to check out a new location. It was blooming the day we brought our son home from the hospital when he was born, 32 years ago.

For Becky of Winchester’s Bright Squares and Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Flowers

A tired ending

Image January 1, 2021 XingfuMama 2 Comments

It bloomed gloriously in spring, but now is dormant. Winter gives us a chance to rest and regenerate.

For Bushboy’s Last Photo on the Card and Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Flowers

A chance sunbeam

May 8, 2020 XingfuMama 4 Comments

The center of my tree peony flower was his by a chance sunbeam that made its way through the thickening canopy of our Japanese maple tree.

For Brashley Photography’s Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Flowers

Tree peony seed pods

October 14, 2019 XingfuMama 5 Comments

Close up photograph of open seed pods of a tree peony. — Tree peony seed pods.

A white tree peony blossom with a dark red center and golden yellow stamens. — Tree peony in spring: The dark red center is the origin of the seed pods

For Sunshine’s Macro Monday and Cee’s Flower of the Day

Snapshots from a Happy Life

Tree Peony

May 14, 2018 XingfuMama 1 Comment

The star of our garden is getting long in the tooth and the Japanese maple is shading it out. I’ve missed seeing it bloom the last couple of years because it blooms around my son’s birthday and I go to China to visit him about that time of year (the kite festival is usually close to then as well). This year, possibly because of the maple leafing out the peony was in full bloom when we got home last Sunday.

The blooms don’t last long: today there is only one petal left on the flower.

It is too old and the roots are too entwined with other plants to dig it up and move it to a new location, so this year we are going let it go to seed instead of dead-heading so we can propagate it. The Wiki-Google says that it is possible. Wish us luck!

Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Snapshots from a Happy Life, Uncategorized

For a few short days

Image May 30, 2017 XingfuMama 2 Comments

This tree peony blooms spectacularly depending on the weather the blooms last three days to one week…and then it’s gone. It was almost a month later than usual this year because of the exceptionally cold winter that just wouldn’t give up.