Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: peony

These flowers are so beautiful and cover vines with countless blossoms. Harry & David had a magnificent and beautifully trained wisteria (it may have been several plants) that covered heavy trellising and an arbor that created a shady cave with a bench inside to sit on. What fun to watch people wandering around while semi-cloaked in the darkness under the wisteria's cover!

I have a soft spot for wisteria. My parents had a summer cabin at a recreational river community and in the area's center was a magnificent wisteria vine that must have been there for 50 years. The main vine was many feet in diameter and as it branched out, it was trained to cover a huge trellised area. The lush greenery offered protection against the summer sun and naughty kids loved to climb around up among the vines (I would NEVER do such a thing...truly! :D). We were never around when the wisteria was in bloom, so I was amazed when I finally saw how beautiful and fragrant the flowers were. Every time I see these vines I think back fondly at my childhood and teen year summer weekends at Summer Home Park.

When Steve and I visited the Harry & David public garden last spring, the peonies were getting close to blooming but were still in bud form. This gave me the opportunity to showcase the beauty of their forms!

Another picture from my friend's garden, this is a peony that was glowing in the afternoon light. These are such big flowers, and the first time I'd seen them up close. Very impressive!

This flower was in my friend's garden that I photographed, and is my first encounter with a peony! Sometimes it's wonderful to see just a tiny bit of a huge flower. Peonys are a lot like dahlias until you get close and see that their petals are quite different. More like a rose but not quite! So beautiful!