once again blooming peonies predicts a downpour strong enough to knock them down within 24 hours. happens every year.

after the brutal winter, it’s looking like the peach tree didn’t make it but we do have a few peonies starting to bloom which means it’s time for a torrential downpour.

another year of enjoying the taiyo tree peony bloom ( or at least i think it’s a taiyo peony ) for less than 24 hours before a torrential rainfall pummels the blooms. it happens every year. i realize they are blooming at a time of the year that’s prone to get torrential downpours but they are such good predictors of the timing of a downpour that it makes me wonder if the plant can sense a change in the barometric pressure which triggers a bloom?

i’m no tree peony expert but i believe this variety we inherited with our home are a relatively rare japanese variety, paeonia japonica, known as taiyo or "the sun".

i could be wrong though, wouldn’t be the first time 🙂