Peony Love

Is it lavender-purple, or deep pink? Paeonia ‘Kamata Nishiki’ may have me wondering about her color, but there’s nothing to wonder about where her beauty is concerned.

This year she’s my first peony to bloom and she doesn’t seem to mind sharing the spotlight with a plentitude of irises that are unfurling their lovely petals.

We originally planted three tree peonies back in 2018. Only one survived that winter. I took advantage of the company’s replacement policy—they honored their word and sent two more.

Of those two replacements, Miss ‘Nishiki’ is the only one still strutting her stuff 7 years later.

I would be very happy to have her stick around for many more years to come.