It started with a Peony

Thankyou Brianyour garden is always a real delight and pleasure.

Beautiful garden as always, the white peony is stunning with the pink blotches and those acers!!,never seen a pink lily of the valley lovely......

Hello Brian - our peonies are reluctant to open up here excepting a tree peonie that flowered early - your Suffruiticosa is stunning love that shot of your garden path too- enjoy your week - Jane

That was such a treat Brian. Its pouring rain here and probably will be all day. So looking at your garden was like visiting spring! I particularly loved the 'Down the garden path' view and that gorgeous lemon Rhody. I think I shall have a yellow flowering one for my golden border. I'll put this blog on my faves for reference. Molly the witch is gorgeous. Every time I see your peonies I want to grow them, but I find the herbaceous ones never do well for me, even though I plant them shallow. There is no sign whatsoever of the two I planted in my pod garden. Not a single shoot. So disappointed. :( i love that white one you watched opening. I dont think i've ever seen a white one before. Its perfect and the lilac centre enhances it. :))

I have a bit of a wait then Brian with Suffruiticosa. I do get the yellow flower and I am waiting for L Smoothii. :0)

Linda, there was a stunning one in Glendoick a couple of weeks back. About 2' tall, very well branched and covered in small lilac flowers....£45 I think it was. But so beautiful!

All so beauiful Brian, as always.

What beautiful plants and such lovely colours .

Thankyou Brian, its always a treat to see your garden...

Must be mild down there in Bristol. My peonies have barely put their heads above ground, not even in bud yet.

Urbanite
Mild and wet,these are mainly tree peonies so don't have to grow upwards like a herbaceous ones these are between 3 and 8 feet high all year round.

Linda 5/6 years is normal from seed,

Meadowland I have had a thing about them for many years, did have a couple of double tree ones years ago while very lovely they were a problem with the flower weight the heads constantly flopped over and really needed tying up.

Ah - didn't see that they were TPs. That explains it.

You have such beautiful plants Brian. Wonderful and all established.

Always a joy to see around your very floriferous garden, I agree with all that has been said..✌;-)

You've got some lovely plants Brian...shame about the winds and cold weather.....we wait all year for our plants to flower then they struggle.But, hopefully you have sun today.It's beautiful here!

Paul
yes we have had a lovely day had a visit from a Goy member this morning which was very enjoyable and then a trip with Jamie up on the hills.

Thank you all for your kind comments

What a lovely, colourful garden you have. I have never seen pink lily of the valley either. The white peony is stunning.

Lovely plants Bjs. I love your hot pink rhododendron. Do you have name for it? Reminds me mine which died on me last year. The white Paeonia Suffruiticosa has very nice center. The tree peonies are beautiful plants but mine never stay in flower for very long. And pink lily of the valley is new to me.

Lovely garden, I'm so jealous.

Lovely pictures as usual !!
Love as always --- val x

Absolutely beautiful, Brian. The paeonies are so lovely. I have never seen pink lily of the valley - it is very pretty. Mine are white, over 40 years old, and definitely on the rampage after a few years mysteriously absent. I now have to mow them out of the lawn.

I love your garden, Brian! You have such lovely Rhodos & Paeonias.:-)) The Paeonia Suffruiticosa seedling is marvellous with that magenta centre!

Balcony
Spectacular for a short while, as you have seen I have taken to cutting them and taking them indoors out of some pretty awful weather was pleasantly surprised how well they lasted .
even took a couple for Valadel (val) to see there beauty

That was a nice surprise then - for you & for Val! :-))

Val likes surprises, she is a very dear friend.