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Peony
* Peonies also make wonderful dried flowers.
* Peonies are a highly prized and popular perennial and are widely grown in flower gardens
  - also good background plants for low annual flowers
  - hardy, permanant, very easy to grow and enjoy freedom from pests for the most part
  - herbaceous perennials that are easily grown in the garden
  - in bloom, as are irises
* Peonies are large luminous flowers with no discernable scent
  - plants, best planted at the back of the flower border
  - light feeders
  - long lived perennials
  - one perennial that is usually staked
  - quite hardy, except for the tree types
  - relatively easy to grow
  - unable to withstand strong winds, especially when they are heavy with blossoms
  - begin growing so early in the spring, that they often begin to decline in late summer
* Peonies bloom best in full sun
  - on peony trees
  - can be tricky to grow until they get established and begin blooming
  - come in a wide range of flower colors including white, cream, yellow, pink, red and rose
  - develop a taproot and many short, thin roots
  - do best in full sun or in light shade
* Peonies grow best in full sun and well-drained soils
  - sunlight and well-drained soils
  - from two to four feet in height
  - in well drained soil in sunny locations in nature
* Peonies have beautiful flowers and foliage
  - few pests or problems
  - make good background plants for low annual flowers
  - occasionally have problems with spider mites and powdery mildew in Colorado
  - often attract small ants as they begin to open
  - perform best in full sun and well-drained soils
  - planted in shade are more subject to diseases than when in full sun
* Peonies prefer neutral to slightly alkaline soil
  - rich, well-drained soil
  - range in color from white through pale cream and pink to red
  - require winter cold to flower
  - suffer grievously or die when their roots are disturbed
  - thrive in sunny locations and well-drained soils, tolerating a wide range of soil types

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Chinese peony
* Chinese peonies have large double flowers in shades of red, pink, and white.
* can live more than a hundred year.

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Tree peony
* Tree peonies are also more hardy to cold than their herbaceous relatives
  - quite slow-growing, often taking several years to come into bloom
  - deciduous shrubs with an irregular, picturesque branching habit
  - less common in home gardens due to their higher cost and care requirements
  - relatively slow to establish
  - shrubs that bloom in spring with heartbreaking abandon
  - bloom several weeks before herbaceous
* Tree peonies grow either from seed or from grafts
  - to eye-level on woody stems with few branches
  - prefer organic fertilizers

Perennial flower
* Most perennial flowers add color.
* Most perennial flowers bloom in months
  - summer months
* come back year after year with beautiful foliage and flowers.
* give continuous color and texture to gardens and yards.
* offer nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds.

Perfect flower
* Most perfect flowers appear in springs.
* Most perfect flowers contain pistils
  - stamens
* Most perfect flowers have organs
* can fertilize themselves.
* contain both the male parts and female parts within a single flower structure
* tend to be self-pollinated.

Phacelia
* is killed by moderate frosts.
* nonhost cover crop which has also been tested.

Pink flower
* Most pink flowers appear in springs
  - attract insects
* Most pink flowers grow in many places
  - have petals
* Some pink flowers are pollinated by beetles.
* are especially good for vinegars, salads, or dried wreaths.
* turn blue as they age.