Peonies

[emilyB]

These are growing in a friend's garden.  I have red and pink peonies that aren't in full bloom yet, but these are spectacular.

[sunshine]

Wow...very pretty!

[takncarabizniz]

Gorgeous color!  Mine are not quite ready yet either.  Unfortunately, they have to stay outside...my allergies really kick up with fresh peonies in the house and our older son is highly allergic to them.  Poor thing used get those caked up eyes and his nose would run like a sieve.  We discovered it was the freshly cut peonies.  Seems to be the only plant he has that reaction too, although he, our younger son, and I all suffer from seasonal allergies, which in Washington means there's always something affecting us, LOL.

Do you know what the color variety is called?

[emilyB]

I don't know the name of the color but they are just like my carnival roses.  They don't last long when cut and this morning when I got up and went to the dining area the table looked like a field of large petals with just sticks left in the vase, lol.

[dondc]

I was dead heading my carnival rose and got a thorn in the tip of my right index finger.  I snapped off the branch and acted like it had barbs on it.  Happened 3 days ago and it still acts like something is in there. 

[emilyB]

My carnival rose has great big thorns too, Don.  Very unkind!

[sunshine]

I don't do roses...I LOVE them...but thorns and Japanese beetle magnets.... I pass on them.

[dondc]

Japanese beetle, another good reason to live on the West Coast!
No infection in my finger but with all the nerve endings that are there I still can feel it when Think about it like right now.