This is a Journal entry by paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

My "dead" peony is very much alive

Post 1

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

Let's go back in time. Last Summer, a rabbit was driving me crazy by eating the leaves off my precious plants smiley - grr. I did manage to save most of them by putting a mix of garlic, chili powder, and dishwashing soap on the leaves (rabbits hate all of those things, so using all of them at once is pretty protective), but I hoped I could find alternatives that would not need any protection at all.

I went on the Internet looking for attractive flowers that bunnies wouldn't bother. Peonies looked like the best option. I even found one on the discount rack at a garden store. I took it home, planted it, and watched it die on me. Or so I thought. Being lazy or exhausted, or both, I just left it there, thinking I would put something else in that location the next Spring.

This is next Spring, and guess what? There's this healthy plant where the peony was, and it has nice buds, and maybe it will give me some beatiful blooms this year. Yay! smiley - smiley


My "dead" peony is very much alive

Post 2

You can call me TC

Peonies are lovely, but very short-lived. The German name for them is Pfingstrose - Whitsun rose. Which means yours should be flowering in a couple of weeks. But, be warned, at Whitsun you get thunderstorms (so many Whit weekends where the milk smiley - milk went sour) and the buds fill with water. The weight of the water can break the stems.

But you knew that. Except perhaps the German word for them.

What colour are yours? They come in whites, pinks and striking reds.


My "dead" peony is very much alive

Post 3

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

I think they'll be pink.


My "dead" peony is very much alive

Post 4

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

It says somewhere that peonies can live for 100 years. Individual blossoms don't last long, though.


My "dead" peony is very much alive

Post 5

The lost

Maybe I should hope for my flamingo tree then. It looks proper dead, as my son would say. I think I may have killed it with kindness though smiley - sadface


My "dead" peony is very much alive

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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

My friend bought a tortoise to see if it is really true that they can live for 100 years and more

I told him to buy more if he wants this experiment to be scientific

He answered he can't afford it on his pension

smiley - pirate


My "dead" peony is very much alive

Post 7

The lost

That reminds me of Esio Trot smiley - rofl


My "dead" peony is very much alive

Post 8

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

smiley - biggrin

smiley - pirate


My "dead" peony is very much alive

Post 9

ITIWBS

He can correspond with other people who keep tortoises.


My "dead" peony is very much alive

Post 10

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

My singing teacher was a tortoise. He tortoise to sing.


My "dead" peony is very much alive

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Gnomon - time to move on

Not all tortoise species live to 100. My daughter's tortoise is a Horsefield Tortoise - formerly known as a Russian Tortoise.

They typically live to about 70, so my daughter should be 90 before the tortoise passes away.


My "dead" peony is very much alive

Post 12

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

Dime store turtles don;t seem to have long lifespans in my experience.


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