Hey, guess what?! My peonies are blooming! There is a first time for everything! Tim was right…I needed to keep the faith!
I think it was this blog that brought me good luck with them this year. I wish that I could share some wisdom regarding my success …but I don’t know why they are blooming when they never have before. My husband’s 89-year-old aunt, who has been gardening for decades, says that sometimes it takes peonies a few years to get going. That must have been the case with mine. Aunt Dorothy has a long stretch of gorgeous peonies at her home in northern Virginia that have bloomed for years.
I’m also happy to report that many of the dahlias have popped up…some of them are really growing quickly. I think it was that last spell of hot weather that got them going. I’m still waiting for a few to appear. 
I get impatient and carefully run my fingers over the dirt next to my stakes looking for a sign of green.
For the first time this year, I planted some Morning Glory seeds and they are now about two inches high. I was pretty excited about that!
They climbed along a fence at my childhood home in Pennsylvania. There is just something about them. I can’t wait until they bloom!
It was planting day at the State House in Boston this week. I was covering a story there and and watched the gardeners on the way out. There must have been a couple dozen of them digging holes and planting flowers. They were moving quickly and covering a lot of territory. It sure would be nice to have that kind of help at home!
