The Peony

This is the peony in the bed by the front walk. It is coming on like gangbusters now. Michael set it out, and kept waiting for it to bloom, but it only ever had one bud on it, which a bug promptly ate. Last year it finally had one blossom on it, but it was gone by the time he came down for a visit. I did take a picture of it to show him. I counted 10 buds on it today, so apparently it is happy where it is. It gets these huge shaggy pink blossoms, so in a couple of weeks it should put on quite a show.