retrospective... the garden looked quite lean at the beginning.

Lovely. We're getting the browse through and post old pics melancholies of winter....lol. How early did these delphiniums bloom?

Lovely delphs and peonies.

They were very early, GT! and they bloomed again in October!! Come to think of it... I had just cleaned the clump up after a spring windstorm...lost three of the taller larger stalks.. the peonies were the axial blooms...you can see petals from the large primary flowers down on the ground!... I have two peonies that are mostly white...want to get a nice deep red one! Thanks Gilli!

Just beautiful.

Ah, come back summer -all is forgiven!

LOL... Sid... well said. have you thought about painting peonies?

That would be a good idea - except I don't get many flowers on mine and I couldn't bring myself to pick one! Never mind - perhaps I can set myself up 'in situ'?!

Oh yes...that way you can enjoy their scent too!