My husband's family built a new house in 1934, and planted a few peonies. More than 20 years later my father-in-law moved a division of one of those peonies to the farmyard of his son's newly purchased farm. Another 30 years - I arrived on the scene and wanted a row of "that pretty peony" along the driveway. I still can't believe how many divisions my husband got from that huge clump - 14 along the driveway and 6 more along the south side of the house. The peony? 'Mons. Jules Elie', an illustrious beginning to my on-going love of peonies!
'Mons. Jules Elie'
