Peonies are associated with Memorial Day. When I was a child our high school band would play at the local cemetry on Memorial Day. Peonies were growing at many grave sites. In my present garden there are 12 pink and white heirloom peonies. The original peonies, date back to the 1800s, were growing in a historial Bloomington garden. I received plants from the present restored garden when the peonies needed to be thinned.
There is an old tale that for peonies to blossom, ants need to be seen on the plant. Ants should not be killed with a pesticide if the person wants to have blossoms. That old tale is false because it is the sugar in the blossoms that attract ants. Not the reverse.
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