It's Peony Season Here!

 The big Peonies we have squeezed into our garden have started to bloom.  They stand out because they are all in bright colours and they stand up higher than the other surrounding plants.  They stand out from any of our back windows, but they are fascinating up close too.

This huge deep pink one is the first to bloom.  Look at that colour!

They are a great flower for learning about stamens and pistils and such.

I liked this longer view, capturing the Peonies, Allium and Soloman's Seal struck me as really beautiful.

But there are lots of other flowers coming into bloom too, like the small Rhododendron we have.  Their blooms are quite amazing!

We have one Lupin which is both pretty and a gathering spot for all the aphids in the garden.

There's one small patch of beautiful blue Iris.

And one of Columbine, nearly white, with a bluish tinge, just coming into bloom.

Out front the first of the Clematis has gathered a busy crowd of blooms, but has forgotten to climb up the adjacent trellis.  It's another flower where the pattern of pistils and stamens is very obvious.

 

This blue flower is Camassia.

And last for this post in this cluster of Pinks which greets me every time I ride down the ramp and onto the patio.