My lovely, luscious peony is in flower! 
This is a flower I simply have to share….
These photos were taken in the late afternoon with the light filtering through the larger trees behind them, creating a beautiful effect on the petals. Three blooms this year – one more than last… I’m still hopeful that one day I’ll get a huge bush full! I hope your week is beautiful too, Love Janette xx
PS. In a complete coincidence, it’s exactly one year to the day since I last posted about this beautiful flower!
The Green Dragonfly 
Just breathtaking! Thank you for sharing.
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I love peonies. They are beautiful. Your flower is a gorgeous shade. 🙂
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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Beautiful!!! I have three different colors. Every year they will increase the blooms till there is so many they fall over with the heavy blooms. I put a pretty white fence around mine to hold them up This year they got so big around I need to put a bigger fence around them. A pretty decortive white fence about 18 to twenty-four inches high helps you to see the blooms and keeps them off the ground for a longer display period.
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I am glad you posted this flower. It made me feel good just looking at it.
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Georgeous
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Your peonies are beautiful, I have a row of them along my porch they are one of my favorite flowers. I’m sure yours will turn into a beautiful bush!
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It is really beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us!
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You are right. It is beautiful and with that lighting quite magical!
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You just made my day a bit brighter! I love peonies and sunshine and miss both so much here in the northern hemisphere on that cold dark and rainy day where everything is just greys…
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Lovely. I can’t wait for mine to bloom in the spring here in the US. I have a row of old plants that were my grandmother’s then my mother’s and now mine. They’ve been moved 3 times in 60 years and they just keep growing.
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That is a stunner. It’s a good few months until mine will bloom in May or June. I look fwd to it each year.
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that is a beautiful blossom…i think beautiful is the only way to describe it! …and it’s so nice to see your blooms as we descend into winter here. i also had a post back in june where i thought my peonies were beautiful 🙂 http://ffhfarm.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/a-little-jaunt-with-george/
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It’s so lovely to see that, especially on a day when the puddles have been frozen over and the plants are looking distinctly unhappy in the frosts. Hurray for bright coloured flowers!
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Wonderful colours!
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Those pics are awesome! I love peonies!
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Positively gorgeous, the color is beautiful. I had some pale pink peonies that smelled so good many years. Do yours smell good. It wonderful to see them from the cold US. Thank you.
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I love peonies – I have one that originally was taken from a plant that was in my home when I was born. It refuses to flower but I do not want to transplant it until we move to our new home. When it does flower it is a beautiful deep red. Enjoy yours. xxx
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I love peonies! Thanks for sharing yours as winter is settling in here and it’s nice to see some bright, beautiful flowers again!
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WOW what a colour. I really want to grown them but have been told that they need a cold spell in winter and our damp cold of Waitakere (NZ) just isn’t enought – I’m going to give it a shot and put ice on them over few weeks during the winter – I’m not holding my breath! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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I sometimes go out and sprinkle ice cubes round mine- i I think the winter is not being cold enough!!! Its supposed to work (and I guess it does) as Hamilton really is pretty temperate
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