tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139208628011657611.post4277621436128399670..comments2024-03-19T15:44:46.027-07:00Comments on My Home and Garden: Lily of the Valley and Sorbet Peony planted.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03394245146898073227noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139208628011657611.post-42687101817339463382012-03-05T18:48:02.348-08:002012-03-05T18:48:02.348-08:00Thank you very much. How nice not to be judged too...Thank you very much. How nice not to be judged too harshly for the transgressions of my youth. Okay I was in my late 20's and really should have known better.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03394245146898073227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139208628011657611.post-82196867257458850192012-03-05T17:51:07.056-08:002012-03-05T17:51:07.056-08:00Guerilla gardening!!
Jane xGuerilla gardening!!<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139208628011657611.post-64764390866679461822012-03-05T14:23:02.254-08:002012-03-05T14:23:02.254-08:00gorgeous peony and great story! instead of cat-bu...gorgeous peony and great story! instead of cat-burglers - semi-stealthy giggling gardeners at midnight! ;)Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874041763887442603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139208628011657611.post-4993246047382661802012-03-05T12:20:11.658-08:002012-03-05T12:20:11.658-08:00You are so right Brenda. One of the reasons I real...You are so right Brenda. One of the reasons I really love the Ogilvie Peony is that the chunk I speak of was really small. It was a slice off the side and was only three of so stems. I was a total amateur gardener and to see it now, as a huge mature specimen makes me laugh at the though of us in dark clothes, hopping my five foot fence, stumbling around in the dark...and then a dog behind us started barking. It was just like something out of a crime drama. Except, I'm sure you could have heard the giggling if you were anywhere near us. Still makes make laugh to think about it. I think when it blooms this year, I'm going to take a glass of wine out and toast the Ogilvie's.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03394245146898073227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139208628011657611.post-14200367600090297702012-03-05T11:55:51.785-08:002012-03-05T11:55:51.785-08:00I think the Ogilvies would be very pleased Erin an...I think the Ogilvies would be very pleased Erin and it's too bad all of us don't speak up sometimes to ask, because most gardeners are so happy to share! Beautiful peony.Gardeningbrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709940044197929905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139208628011657611.post-21019501234920003532012-03-05T11:39:10.660-08:002012-03-05T11:39:10.660-08:00I don't know what this ruffly form of peony is...I don't know what this ruffly form of peony is called. I love it. I have an old peony that is white with a pale yellow petticoat. We call it the Ogilvie Peony. About 25 years ago, I had lovely neighbors, the Ogilvies. They went to Alberta often to visit family. They had a beautiful peony, growing in their back garden and a tiny pitiful single stalk in the front lawn, huh?, that would get mowed down now and then. I was too shy at the time to ask for a piece. Wow have I changed. I won't bore you with the whole story. The Ogilvie's went to Alberta. Myself and an accomplice put on dark clothes in the middle of the night hopped the fence with a shovel and dug out a chunk from the side of the plant. I later took a trowel and liberated the little lawn peony. As we are in concrete clay, it took some doing. Both plants are large specimens. The Ogilvie's eventually moved back to Alberta and passed away. The new owners took out the flower garden. I like to think that the Ogilvie's would have been happy that I had a piece of their plant. Or is that just my guilty conscience talking?Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03394245146898073227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139208628011657611.post-83250418514148120902012-03-05T10:45:02.367-08:002012-03-05T10:45:02.367-08:00That peony is gorgeous! "Pretty as a picture&...That peony is gorgeous! "Pretty as a picture" they say, and it reminds me of a Chinese water-colour painting I have stashed away somewhere in my loft.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139208628011657611.post-82850890937719011292012-03-05T08:56:01.235-08:002012-03-05T08:56:01.235-08:00That poeony is a stunner! The flowers look like &#...That poeony is a stunner! The flowers look like 'can-can'dancers petticoats. We need to divide ours this year...mustn't forget.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.com