“It
always seemed to me that the herbaceous peony is the very epitome of
June. Larger than any rose, it has something of the cabbage rose’s
voluminous quality; and when it finally drops from the vase, it sheds
its petticoats with a bump on the table, all in an intact heap, much as a
rose will suddenly fall, making us look up from our book or
conversation, to notice for one moment the death of what had still
appeared to be a living beauty.”
~Vita Sackville-West
Peonies are such a beautiful part of Spring,
I just had to look back.
