Coral Peonies are Magical, Thought You Ought to Know

It's true, they're magical color-changing flowers! The bouquet on the top left is the same bouquet the beautiful Christina is holding-but the picture on the left was taken about 24 hours earlier. When freshly cut, they are tight little balls that look like bright coral jawbreakers, and then Boom, they blow open in about a day to what you see there on the left. Given another day, they open up to reveal layers of ruffly petals and take on cream colored edges. If I'd gotten them a day earlier, they would have faded even more for a vintage-peach color (amazing!). It's all about timing, people! They're also MY FAVORITE FLOWER EVER. You know, just for the record, if anyone ever wants to get the florist flowers ;) Sadly, these amazing flowers have a very short period of availability in late spring, and then will randomly pop up unannounced for a week or two in random months. Which is infuriating. Peonies are a favorite among brides, and unless you're getting married in late April-eary June, they're probably just going to be unavailable. Usually earlier in the spring we can get smaller light pink or hot pink (but not these coral) and sometimes we can get the deep maroon around Christmas. No matter the season, even if they're the early spring smaller blooms, peonies come at a premium, but oh-so worth it!