Peony

Grid reference: SJ291537
Co-ordinates: 329168, 353705
Bearing: E

I have a peony by my front door which comes into flower at the end of May each year. It may presage summer, but it also tends to presage a burst of heavy rain and/or strong winds which smash the blooms to bits.

One odd thing about it is that the flowers can be a variety of colours from one year to the next (and even within the same season).

They can be a pinkish white (as seen above)...

Grid reference: SJ291537
Co-ordinates: 329168, 353705
Bearing: ESE

...or a full pink...

Grid reference: SJ291537
Co-ordinates: 329168, 353705
Bearing: ENE

...or a vibrant red...

Grid reference: SJ291537
Co-ordinates: 329168, 353705
Bearing: NNE

...or even a deep, almost purple, colour.

© Nigel Stapley