Do You Have a Favorite Peony? (Clare does)

Clare Oliva ’s garden in Upper Saddle River , New Jersey is endearing , and yes , she does have a favorite Peony . Do you ?

" I ’ve attached some pictures of " Peony Time " this class in northeasterly New Jersey . My husband and I begin this garden in 2005 . Our backyard was just a down sloping square of grass in 2003 when we moved in . After induce three level patio with stone walls installed to give us usable gardening space on the slope ( along with slate paths ) , we officially started creating our garden in 2005 . One of the first things we plant was a very recollective wrangle of paeony along the Lucy Stone walls on the 3rd level of the terrace . These paeony have get bigger and more beautiful each year and are now 10 long time old . We have large metallic element cages around each works ( like love apple cages , only a bite taller and wider ) which get entirely hidden when the peony grow through them . The cages do a great Book of Job of supporting the heavy blooms . "

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Late afternoon view of the garden in mid-spring. Globemaster alliums and lilies (not blooming yet) in the foreground. You can see the peonies along the rock wall in the distance.

Side garden path in mid-spring. Daylilies (not blooming yet) at the bottom of the rock wall. Rozanne geraniums (also not blooming yet) and peonies on the terrace on top of this wall.

View looking down from the deck. From this view, you can see the three level terraces of the garden. On the top tier is the formal garden planted with wax begonias and lined with boxwoods. The second tier features Baths Pink dianthus at this time of year — they have really spread nicely. You can also see the peonies in bloom along the third tier.

My FAVORITE peony, ‘Festiva Maxima’. In addition to beauty of the flowers, these blooms have the most magnificent fragrance.

Path through perennial beds. Perennial geranium cantabrigiense in left foreground, Karley Rose fountain grass long path on right side. Roses (Zephirine Drouhin) on arbor are just starting to bloom.