My mom had a bed of peonies & I always loved them. Lots of lilacs & other flowers, too.

They seem to last a tad longer if display some cuttings inside the home.

Same with lilacs.

Ty for the pleasant trip down memory lane.

Mine, in central Iowa, are finished for the year. It was lovely while it lasted. Now, the mock orange bushes are in bloom and very fragrant.

It's disappointing that they don't have a long life span.

Those mock orange bushes are lovely too!

Finished last week. It was so full this year.

Absolutely!

She loved transplanting plants ftom old places we lived to new places. I started calling her Myrtle Appleseed

Where we used to live in s.e. Ohio county, the wild ramps dominated the early spring woodlands. We'd go dig them up for use. I noticed they mostly lived on one side of the tiny creeks heading down to the bottoms. Anyway, my Mom loved ramps, so I dug some to send her, thought at least some of them would stay fresh enough to use.

She was glad to get the ramps, but by the time they got to her, there were mostly spoiled. She planted the roots beside her cabin and by golly, they came back for several years. Nothing will eat them here, that I know of, but she said the chipmunks ate hers, so ultimately her effort to start ramps in the Rockies didn't work out.

I've heard them called wild leeks.

If you google ramps wild food plant, you'll see pictures of the plant.

It takes 7 years for the plant to mature. They became popular as a foraged plant, and in some places, are disappearing. You can even get ramp flavored seasoning.

Here is a link that tells more: https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/ramps-allium-tricoccum/#:~:text=Allium%20tricoccum%20%E2%80%93%20commonly%20known%20as,and%20sweet%20spring%20onion%20flavor.

You just taught me about wild leeks today, Marthe48!

I can't talk about plants, flowers, trees without thinking of my Mom's passion for helping things stay alive and grow

I can't remember his name. He's got a fabulous body, dresses in a loin cloth and stands in his garden talking about his peonies. Lol

I'm always on the lookout for bugs!