Anyone having a similar problem during extended wet periods. Drainage is not a problem since 6 others adjacent to this one are normal. Supposed to be 'Karl Rosenfeld'.

Lili, your Do Tell is great!! Mine never quite looks that good.

OGR, Usually by now I have blooms on quite a few peonies, not this year. The cold is messing with them more than anything. Brrrrrrrrr...

Weather has been a bummer here also. 80 down to 28, back up to 85., down to 33. Now looks like like 10 days of clouds and rain. Everything appears to be anemic. Good days to catch up on afternoon naps.

I agree with you on naps, OGR, but they frown on that work.

My last day at work was May 31, 2008. Now I nap when the mood strikes me. When this weather breaks and the sun begins to shine, I will not have time.

Oh I know you are retired, OGR, I was lamenting my lack of nap-ability. But the sun is out today and it's not raining so at noon I'm going plant hunting!! It's all of 46 degrees out. Woo Hoo.

Diann, are you an air traffic controller?
I went plant hunting today even though it was cold and windy. I just got tired of waiting for the wind to stop blowing. It's 55 today and we're expecting 80 by Friday. I bet all those big peony buds pop open this weekend if we do get that heat. Just hope the wind doesn't frazzle the petals.

Cindi. cute. ;) LOL I only fly helicopters. You know, the type you can fly around in your living room and annoy the cat with. ;) LOL

It is 48 here today, cloudy, and windy. It's supposed to be 67 here tomorrow.... We'll see...

I love napping! But I grew up where we came home for lunch and nap and then go back to school in the afternoon.

Here are some of my peonies....
Blue Lagoon was a wally's world cheapie. It took a few years before I got a few blooms on it. This year, I got 26 buds!!! The stem is strong and the flowers are huge! Very pretty for a $5 plant.

Here is a close up of Blue Lagoon:

Karl Rosenfield

Karl Rosenfield in the front and Blue Lagoon in the back

OK. Last little tease for the night...
I did not get a photo of this one opened.

Very nice Lili!! Soon we'll have blooms here in Iowa, but it's going to be a little bit yet.

First standard peony of the season.


This one not quite fully opened.

No names since they were big box purchases of years ago. 3 for $5, I will not haggle over names.

I can't wait till June 4 and our annual volkswalk at Adelmans Peony Garden. If we are lucky the rain will stop for few hours that day. I'll take my camera...

Very nice, OGR. Sometimes names aren't necessary. I must have 10 different peonies that I don't have names for anymore.

Pard, take tons of pictures!!!!!

Vrey nice OGR & Nicole. I can almost smell it from here (it does smell, doesn't it? ) The peonies here are slowly but surely coming along....the lilies too. Keep posting. Can hardly wait to see the year's bounty.

I signed up to "sweep" the trail of the 10k walk (6.2 miles). For those that are not familiar with volkswalking, the "trail" is marked with arrows on stakes and color coded flagging. All this has to be set up the night before and removed in the afternoon of the walk.

Adelman's is just the starting point. The walk will also pass through Mid-America Iris Garden and Sebright Hosta Gardens (these are actually co-located). So lots to see and photograph!

Connie, that sounds like a fantastic trail! What fun that is going to be. Can't wait to see the pictures.