[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

There were peonies in this yard when I moved here 20 years ago and I have never really wondered about the variety, but I looked and they appear to be the two you mentioned, Festiva Maxima (I see that little splash of red buried in the white!) and pink Sarah Bernhardt! Thanks Diana!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

And now you know the REST of the story! :)

At a former house in the 'burbs a neighbor lady had a long row of them across the back of her yard. She couldn't stand the smell of them, so she told me to cut all that I wanted...so I did! :)

An office I used to work in had Lilacs all over the property. When they bloomed, we gals would cut arm fulls of Lilacs and the whole office smelled of them. Just lovely!

And when I worked in CA for the two years I lived there, there was a Bird of Paradise 'shrub' outside of our office building entryway. I'd cut those and take them home with me because the other girls teased me about thinking they were so cool when they're just a boring shrub to those living is such an awesome climate! How much more FANCY can ya get for a landscaping plant? It was FASCINATING to this Country Bumpkin! I mean, just look at it! Such LUXURY!