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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Blooming Big!

Ahead of schedule, like everything else in my garden, my big double white peonies are blooming!

  I have lots of them this year; plenty to cut a large bouquet for my dining room table, with many left on the bushes. This is their third year since transplant. I also have some light pink ones, but they are always a week or so later than these white ones.
                          I swear some of the blooms are almost the size of a dinner plate!





I tucked a few fern sprigs in the bouquet also; these are Ghost Ferns. They are a hybrid between Lady Ferns and Japanese Painted Ferns. They have a silvery, whitish hue (thus the name) with a burgundy rib although mine look sort of light green in the photos. The color can vary a little depending on how much light they get.


Also showing off it's really BIG  blooms is my double clematis, which was called "Celtic Skies" by Michigan Bulb, which is where I ordered it from. The real name of this cultivar is "Vyvyan Pennell". It took a few years to get established well enough to get flowers, but they are quite beautiful. This is the first year that I have the double flowers. This clematis is a repeat bloomer and will get blooms again later in the season, but the blooms will be single flowers, instead of doubles, when it blooms a second time.


The blooms are really quite large, almost bigger than my hand. Right next to this clematis, on the same trellis, I have a dark purple clematis, a very popular cultivar called "Jackmanii". I planted it last year and it has been growing nicely so far, so maybe I'll get some blooms from it later this summer!

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Faded Charm for White Wednesday!









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4 comments:

One Shabby Old House said...

I know I should not be jealous but peonies don't grow in FL and I love love love them. So enjoy them for me as much as you can and then I won't feel bad for being jealous.
Hugs
Becky

victorian parlor II said...

Absolutely gorgeous!!!

Blessings,

Kim

Little Miss Maggie said...

Peonis are my FAVES! Thanks for sharing. Yours are breathtaking.

Jennelise said...

How absolutely gorgeous! I love peonies. My sister is getting married in a couple weeks and the flowers are peonies, lilies, and white roses. :)
Jennelise