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
Bird houses and snow look particularly good together.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the variegated climber - or shrub in the last photo?
Chavli
That is Asian Jasmine 'Ogon Nishiki'
DeleteGardens blanketed in snow always look magical to me but then it's something I've seldom seen in person. Coastal Southern California is lucky just to get a bit of rain.
ReplyDeleteSnow looks good in your garden. Let's face it. Anything and anyone would look good in your garden. Have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful, and I'm glad not as harsh as last year's ice storm!
ReplyDeleteIt appears you didn't have any damage from the snow. Your garden looks beautiful dressed in white.
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