I LOVE this flower!

The peonies are now gone for another year.
I am so glad that I was able to enjoy them as much as I have this year.
There are many dried or drying bouquets all over the house right now
(and tons of petals all over the floors :)
for use in wreaths later this winter when I need something a little
summery for the walls.

I am preparing to move some of the plants I have in the garden because of the shade
that has over taken them.
Sometimes peonies are quite fussy about being moved so I have saved more this year
for dying in case the newly transplanted peonies decide to sulk for a couple of years before
setting their blooms again.

I haven't taken any photos of the drying blooms yet, but you all know that I
love them almost as much as I do fresh peonies, so I will most likely be
doing some posts of them in the months to come.

Another whole year must pass before I can see them bloom again,
but because I know they will come once more...I wait.

 

This urn of peonies have dried so beautifully.
(sorry for those who read this earlier and thought they were already dried.
I meant they have now dried after these photos and I will show them in a future post)
I love that it will probably last for at least a couple of years before fading.

Now for the roses!!!!!

See you soon!