Another ‘super ball’

The red or pink peony gets all the attention — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-04-01 — so here’s a bud on the white one, complete with an ant scurrying about.

I did a little googling and peonies are not a plant that needs bugs (like ants) to open. The ants are apparently present simply to enjoy the sweet sappy drops on these buds.

A year ago (“Day 101”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-04-05

[Sue]

beautiful!

[Kim]

One of my first "gardening memories is my aunt cutting white peonies and putting them in water with food coloring and we watched them turn colors" Love them!

[Joyce Wells]

Never new that about the ants! Great focus on the buds!

[Rick Schies]

I must look online to see if you can still buy them