The First Peony - 'Shima-Nishiki'
The Tree Peony 'Shima-Nishiki' is the first to bloom. The name means "fire flame" in Japanese, an apt title to describe the red blooms striped with white. Occasionally, there are solid red blooms. Every year this peony gets better and seemingly overnight, the puny-looking bare branches are suddenly fleshed out with a tremendous profusion of leaves. The bush is dense, forming a 4 ft. mound. Our plant resides at the top of one of the terrace beds in back where it gets some morning sun and dappled sun (mostly shade) for the remainder of the day. We have many peonies in the garden and they all came from Adelman Peony Gardens in Salem, Oregon. It is worth a drive just to see their beautiful display garden in May. Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
Ah, he's well positioned in the bird bath. Do you think he knows?
ReplyDeleteI love these photos!! What a life!
ReplyDeleteIt's really a good thing we can't read their minds!
ReplyDeleteHe's doesn't have a care in the world. Animals are so entertaining. :-)
ReplyDeleteHe has the perfect spot to catch a bird(-: He is just pretending to be sleeping...
ReplyDeleteWhat adorable pictures. I just love having cats in the garden. We have our orange cat and the neighbor's black cat sleeping in our back garden all the time. Their calm, peaceful nature lends a zen-like atmosphere to that area.
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Always Growing
Animals make our lives so much richer!! Even if they aren't ours!!
ReplyDeleteThat is just the cutest thing!
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ReplyDeleteHe sure does dress up an empty birdbath quite nicely. I love cat pics. I have three of my own.
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