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| This bloom captured in late afternoon after the rains. |
Peonies embody the very essence of summer in the garden-- fleeting. Of all the blooms a scant ten days if I am lucky and then it is just a mounded bush of handsome dark green foliage. The blooms seemingly from another time and place.
'Hanakisoi' translates to "floral rivalry". and for a scant handful of days does rival any plant in my garden.
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| Handsome foliage with the distinctive leaf of the Japanese peony. |
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| Blooms are easily 10" across and seedpods are ornamental. |
Lucky me, as I leave the dark cloven seed pods to mature I have been rewarded with two seedlings. Identification was easy based on the very distinctive leaf. They are nice sized plants, growing on their own roots which I anticipate may bloom next year.
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