The other day I saw peonies blooming by the Kirkland Library. I immediately thought of Mom and her peonies. She carefully tended her peonies, most of which were planted beside the driveway. They were always full of ants. Mom set the cut peonies in an old metal pot on the back porch until the ants were gone. Now that I type this, I wonder what else she did to get rid of the ants. Putting the flowers in the pots certainly wasn't what got the ants to move on to someplace else. Peonies in bloom tend to be top heavy and always seemed to get bent over by a Spring rain storm. Mom often staked or fenced her peonies to support them. The peonies smelled wonderful and came in beautiful colors.
When we closed Mom and Dad's house, we took plants from Mom's wonderful perennial gardens. Since it was Spring and many things had not yet bloomed we had to guess about some of the plants. We remembered Mom had a special yellow peony but it wasn't marked and it hadn't bloomed. Some of Mom's peonies went to family gardens in Columbus, Dublin, and Worthington.We hoped someone got that special yellow peony but no one did. Perhaps it is still blooming at Oak Street and being enjoyed by the new owners and passers-by.
Jan sent me this picture of Mom's peonies blooming in her garden this Spring.
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