PEONIES!!!!!

[elleng]

(kind of beat up)

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Still neat looking (somewhat) and I bet they still smell good...

I always try to cut some and bring some into the house, they always smell so good. Of course, you got to watch for the ants, they love them too!

History of these plants that I have go back a long way, my dad got the first plant and planted it in his Mom and Grandma's yard in the Ozarks, back in the 40s/50s. They came from the civil war era from a place (nursery) near Carthage MO. Both red and white versions.

I then transplanted a cutting/plant from the Ozarks into STLMO in the 70s and 2020s (two places in total), so they are slowly being spread/propagated, a good thing. My sister has also got some down at her family homestead yard from the original homestead.

We had some people approaching us, wanting a sample/cutting, as they are unique, being such a unique strand. I guess I could take a sample to the MO Botanical Gardens, have them look at, see what they say, but haven't yet.

In the meantime, I just enjoy them. I also keep an eye out on them too. That's one reason why we propagated them so widely, so we wouldn't just have one plant that someone would steal ...

[elleng]

2. I'm SURE they smell good! Was rushing to dental appointment, so couldn't stop to sniff.

Landlord recited briefly story of ALL the peonies here; these are along path, and there are others close to his big house.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Neat. The stories too, tell an awesome story too, often about how the plantings were initially found, and replanted.

[elleng]

4. Yes, LOTS of such stories.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. When I was young and ignorant,

I pronounced them as pee-oe’-nies. I’m still living it down.

[twodogsbarking]

6. Grew up rural. Most everyone had these. Sometimes lining the dirt driveway.

They have a goo that insects like.