Peonies are blooming again in all the gardens,
and they are truly magical.
Some believed that the peony blossom had seeds that glowed in the dark, and that the petals hid mischievous nymphs. Over the generations and in many different countries this cultivated plant was continuously refined, whether it was by the English adding a flourish to the simple, clean and graceful species, or the French developing a hybrid to create better quality blooms.