Good effort, little buddy.

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I was wrong — the bottom half of the tree peony graft won out this year. I thought they looked smaller than usual, but were a darker color before they popped open which fooled me. This is the first year the bottom took a turn where most of the flowers didn’t open looking burnt and wilted.

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It looks like the top half of the graft is going to win this year’s battle on my second tree peony. It’s been a dry spring, so I don’t think I’m going to get dinner-plate sized flowers, but who knows!?

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Three new tree peony explosions from Sunday and Monday.

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One of my tree peonies is peonying in a most peonic way.

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#Treepeony 'Aquila' Blooms are about 8" wide when opened.

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#TreePeony 'Shimane Chojuraku' -- *extremely* slow growing, we get about 1 additional bloom for each year of growth, though this year we're short one or two. Dinner plate size, see photo with black pen as a reference.

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