Favorite Flower Focus: The Peony Flower

All year long at the shop we get at least one request per day for peonies, regardless of when peonies are in season. What a relief that it is finally peak season for the local peony! “Local” for NYC means that peonies are coming from up and down the east coast. They begin in the Carolinas and move up to NJ, then NY, then up to New England. During the months of May and June NYC peonies are abundant, affordable and absolutely GORGEOUS!

Why Are Peonies Flowers So Popular?

Chinese-Peony-flower-painting

Artist Credit: Sheng Chiao

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Rain, Rain Go Away! Outdoor Landscape Design Dreams for May

cialis in uk/05/nyc-outdoor-landscape-morningglory.jpg” alt=”nyc-outdoor-landscape-morningglory” width=”247″ height=”247″ />So…in February it was 70 degrees, in March it was 80 degrees, in April we wanted to plant all the summer flowers because it was so warm and sunny and perfect – until Earth Day, April 22 when we had torrential rain and cold disgusting weather, and sadly I feel that we haven’t really had 3 days of consistently gorgeous weather since. Too much dreary grayness puts me in a HORRIBLE PLACE. I hate my apartment. My laundry won’t dry. The store is damp and cold. All the outdoor landscapes and plants I see look verdantly green – but waterlogged and droopy – the spring flowers look like they are drowning. Enough with the cold and rain already! Let’s get spring and summer going again!

Georgeann’s Outdoor Landscape Design – IN PROGRESS

In an effort to squeeze the raindrops out of my mind, I want to update you on my own efforts to commit to a gorgeous garden in 2012. In March, I created a “to do” list of actions to enhance and improve my own small outdoor space. [Read more →]