Paeonia lactiflora 'Bowl of Beauty'

Yay! I've got a decent picture this year before the wind or my weeding clumsily skills get it. I've only got 2 flowers, its being accidentally mulched by another plant so it needs moved. If you scroll right you'll see it's only taken me 2 years to get a picture 📸

Fantastic 💗💗💗

Beautiful 💗💛💗

My post Weed carnage @italydiva 😏🤭

Oh no! 🙈 You try to do a good deed and…. bet you were gutted! 😩

….I feel guilty now! I’ll send you one of mine! 🌸😘

I just laughed about it really. @italydiva I will get a proper peony frame for next year. Last year the wind blew all the petals off too.

That’s the problem, if the weather isn’t great, they’re just so fragile. 😔 A peony support will give them a better chance though 🤞

Went to have a bit of a weed and re prop this up and successfully managed to rip all the petals of it. I've still got one to open so here it is 😱🤣 @italydiva

You need to treasure this one Deborah 🥰😘 No more weeding! 😉

Such a beautiful flower 💝💝💝

Such a shame, they've both opened and been battered by the mad winds weve had. Oh well, next year it is then....

Almost....

Beautiful! I love Bowl of Beauty. I have one which has had 3 blooms this year 💕

@italydiva I only bought it about 8 weeks ago, I was resigned to wait and wait for flowers. And it was upside down in the box and snapped when it arrived so I got half the money back.

It’s done really well then Deborah after such a shaky start. Just wait until next year! 💖🤍

My bud is very small and I wasnt expecting one, but the ants are happy with it. 🐜

Oh no, they won't eat it will they? 😱I'm looking forward to seeing that 💕💕💛💛

They just eat the Nectar it doesnt harm it @midnightgardener

Remember my upside down snapped peony? @jaynehynesburton it's doing rather well. Dare I that there is a bud?

It's a bud 😁

Omg I only planted the bedraggled thing 5 weeks ago!!! Thank you @jaynehynesburton. It's the one I didnt stake. Looks like I'd better sort it out. Maybe I should go round and snap a few more plants? 😄

@jaynehynesburton I've got 2 buds now 😊😊😊

😁👍

This arrived from Crocus it was upside down in the box. Do you think it'll be ok? Sorry my last 3 posts have been well needy 😄

Take it out of the plastic stand it up and let's see, you needy woman 😂😂