Viewing post #60484 by daylily

That is a peony? A tree peony or the old fashioned kind (I think it is herbaceous???) Lovely. I had a 4-1/2 foot tall 5 foot wide tree peony that was so wonderful... and recently a neighbor saw that my driveway was being over come by weeds and took it upon himself to come over with his four wheeler and a tank sprayer and I don't know what chemical and spray my driveway. By the time I got out there to tell him not to do it.... there was a big fog of spray everywhere. I wasn't mad at HIM - he was only trying to help - but he killed a lot of plants. I got the hose and right away started spraying plants down, but the tree peony all wilted. Another neighbor is a horticulturalist and she came over and we started cutting perennials to the ground. We cut the tree peony off, down to a 8 inch stump. It is just now starting to send out shoots, so I think we saved it. It had been living there 15 or 18 years. Other plants that wilted down before we got them cut off have not come back. One, a perennial geranium I have had for 20 years and was at least 5 feet across - the roots were just jelly a week later. Just made me sick. But, I could have lost a lot more.

On the upside, all the weeds in the driveway are brown.

I used to do watercolor painting and am gathering supplies to try to do that again. Have not touched hand to brush in 30 years. Do you mind if I save that photo to put in my try to paint folder?