Whilst I have returned to the same plant previously in this series of posts, I have not to my knowledge written two in a row about the same plant. Nonetheless, this month I return to the Tree Peony.
So here it is, looking much as it did this time last month. So what is irritating about that I hear you mutter not softly enough under your breath? Clearly the bud dropping off because of frost did not materialise. Well dear reader, nothing is wrong with this; it is a joy.
It is actually even more of a joy than I could have hoped, for there is more than one bud that is still in place:
there are more than two, in fact there are three.
So what is the problem? Nothing, nothing at all, but just imagine how upset I will be now if the buds drop off? I am hoping we are through the worst of the frosts now but even as I write this I know that we had snow this time last year. So I shall be poised with little fleecy caps at the ready for if/when it turns colder again. Until then I shall enjoy watching and hoping for tree-peony-happiness.
and can I just take a moment to welcome Cynical Gardener's addition to this meme. I hope you join in again and maybe encourage more to likewise join us. Its easy to join in, usually on the 23rd of the month or thereabouts just write a post about that plant that's annoying you. Weeds are not allowed as they are designed to annoy us, but that plant that should be a thing of wonder but instead is a pain in the proverbial. Go on, you know you have one.....
