Peony Edges

by Terry Rowe

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Title

Peony Edges

Artist

Terry Rowe

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

I have a single peony growing in my yard, it sits in a sunny sheltered spot and so it always blooms earlier in the spring than other peonies. I have taken hundreds of photographs of this peony plant - and I suspect I will take hundreds more. I think of rich satins and silks whenever I view this flower. I am particularly enthralled with the way the light plays on the petals of this peony and skips along the edges of the petals.

From Wikipedia: Peony aka paeonia (peony or paeony) is a genus of flowering plants, the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, Southern Europe and Western North America. Boundaries between species are not clear and estimates of the number of species range from 25 to 40.

Most are herbaceous perennial plants 1.5 - 5 feet (0.5 - 1.5 meters) tall, but some resemble trees up to 5 - 10 feet (1.5 - 3 meters) tall. They have compound, deeply lobed leaves, and large, often fragrant flowers, ranging from red to white or yellow, in late spring and early summer.

The peony is named after Paeon (also spelled Paean), a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing. Asclepius became jealous of his pupil; Zeus saved Paeon from the wrath of Asclepius by turning him into the peony flower.

The family name "Paeoniaceae" was first used by Friedrich K.L. Rudolphi in 1830, following a suggestion by Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling that same year. The family had been given other names a few years earlier. The composition of the family has varied, but it has always consisted of Paeonia and one or more genera that are now placed in Ranunculales. It has been widely believed that Paeonia is closest to Glaucidium, and this idea has been followed in some recent works.

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