..... when a garden is taken apart and then rebuilt you are bound to lose some plants. This one is very close to my heart and I was sure she had gone, but no, she has reappeared.
The early red-coloured leaves will turn pale green and, with luck, the two buds will open into pale yellow flowers. I will get Sally to type in the plant`s proper name as I have problems saying it, never mind spelling it.
*Paeonia mlokosewitschii
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Oh a peonia whatsit - how lovely! My neighbour had something similar growing but it didn't survive being transplatned into my garden. Though I think mine was the more common variety (plant not garden!! well there again.....). Do you get lots of salt spray over your plants? That's the problem I have - finding plants that can cope with that being so close to the shore. But new growth in the garden at the moment which gladdens my heart!
Peonies don`t like being moved though the old-fashioned Cottage peony, if mature (10 years, maybe) will be split but it will then take another 3 years to settle down and flower.
We get loads of salt and sand, Sian, and the perennials which do best have coarse leaves and don`t poke their heads up early in the season!
The sword-leaved ones do well, Iris, Hemerocallis (Day Lily) and Crocosmia; and all the herbaceous geraniums and primrose, of course, right now.
Sedums, too, cope well.
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