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D144-2013  Paeonia rockii or Rock's Peony, a woody peony.

Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 24, 2013
D144-2013  Paeonia rockii or Rock's Peony, a woody peony.

Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 24, 2013
D144-2013  Paeonia rockii or Rock's Peony, a woody peony.

Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 24, 2013
Fancifully named, and naturally framed.

The hillside with the tree peonies has great drifts of wild geranium filling in the spaces between the peony plants.  You see them as diffuse lavender blobs in this shot.  This tree peony is P. suffruticosa 'Green Dragon in a Pink Pool'

DP145-2013  Posted May 25; processed ditto

Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 24, 2013
See photo in original gallery.