Diminished Power. Wild Peony, Paeonia mascula, Hortus Botancus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

In Ancient Times it was believed that our Peony could be used to avert storms and tempests Today in the Hortus it rather gathered raindrops. Even in this glum weather, it's a very pretty flower and it's been cultivated for its beauty down through the millennia. And we are indeed lucky that rain has come in our Arid Spring!

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