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PEONY SEEDPOD...

 

Another aspect of autumn.

Normally the term “going to seed” has a negative connotation, meaning to decline, go downhill, age out, etc., but with peonies, I mean it in the nicest possible way.

I think peony seed pods are absolutely charming, giving the spring bloomers a whole other season of interest.

At summer’s end, when they split open to reveal their shiny blue and red seeds, wow!

Very impressive!

Not all of them do tough!

I especially like the open seed pods of the woodland peony (Paeonia obovata), with shiny blue to blue-black fertile seeds and brilliant red infertile ones.

 

Have a wonderful day and thanks for your visit, so very much appreciated, Magda, (*_*)

 

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Uploaded on October 20, 2019