Is there a more encouraging sign in spring than the emergence of the peony stems?
These tough as nails performers come back year after year without fail; and that's saying something when you have conditions like mine.
Soon, we'll see these:
Turn into these:
Unless you're like me and the deer decide to chow down one night on every single one of the buds on three different plants:
That WILL not happen this year.
Guaranteed.