Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Lost a good friend, 1 by philomel

philomel wrote:
Last year my lovely tree paeony gave up the ghost. Not sure why. Just came to the end of it's natural perhaps. Anyway, just wanted to share a memory.
It was Paeonia delaveyi, which comes in varying shades of red, from farely light to almost black. Mine was a rich ruby.
The quality of scent varies too, and I was very lucky as mine filled the air with a subtle but pervasive perfume of the best kind.
Each flower oozed copious nectar, which dripped from the lowest petal. Hoverflies found it irresistable.
I'm sad it has gone.