A Peony Party Three Years Ago: Just As Sweet Even Today!

This is a post first published in my private blog three years ago around this time, June 8, 2008, to be precise.  I offer it here today in remembrance of the lovely visit to the Arb that we paid last weekend.  The peonies had already peaked, but walking through these gardens was just as pleasant.  Isn’t it great to know that some shows like these are guaranteed year after year?  These are certainly shows that must and will go on.  Original article follows…

Peony Party in the Arboretum

So, if you’re a peony lover, what’s not to love about an annual event that celebrates a hundred different varieties of this lovely flower?  Well, yesterday was just the day to do that:  the Nichols Arboretum hosted a ‘Peony Peaking’ event to view the many flowers at the height (or peak) of their blooms in the peony garden, a vast expanse of clearing in the otherwise forest-like area of the Arb.  It was also interesting to note that this garden has the distinction of housing the largest number of varieties of the peony flower in the United States.  Pretty cool, when you think about it, and when you actually see them!  Oh, by the way, it was an extremely hot day yesterday, with temperatures also peaking into the mid-90s, but I wouldn’t have missed it for anything.  See pictures of the Arb and the paths leading up to the peony garden, and of course, the lovely peonies in all their peaking glory!