Today 'Mons. Jules Elies' bloomed and I have a vase of these very fragrant (and beautiful) flowers next to my chair where I am watching the Cavaliers/Hawks NBA game. I should be able to indulge myself with fragrant peonies in the house and just plain beautiful flowers all over my yard for the next month at least! And a few peonies have been blooming for 3 weeks already. I have been trying to add new acquisitions for both fragrance and length of bloom season, and should find out how successful I have been in the coming weeks. Peonies are as close to the perfect perennial as there is! Don't you all agree with me?
