I Won This Prize

I attended the Garden Bloggers Fling years ago when it was held here in the Washington DC area, in 2017. The two things I remember fondly are winning this peony in the grand raffle, and how incredibly hot and steamy the wewather was.

This Itoh Peoony is named 'Garden Treasure' and it is that. It was dropped into the side yard garden along with lots of other plants that I had no idea what to do with at the time.

This peony has been remarkably hardy and resilient. It survived the polar vortex, the hot humid summers, has not grown much over the years, but has slowly increased in size and number of blooms every spring. Never having been moved from its location, it seems to like the clay, and the mostly sunny area that gets about 4 hours of shade during the day.

The fragrance to me is nothing like a peony. This has a spicy, sassy smell, which is pleasant when brought in the house as a cut flower. Now, if I can only get a regluar fragrant peony, I will be set.