27 April 2009

Tree Paeony in bloom

This year's first bloom on our species Tree Paeony, Paeonia luteaa var ludlowii

7 comments:

CherryPie said...

That is really amazing, I love the way the sun is catching the petals :-)

jams o donnell said...

I'm glad how it came out. I was trying to capture the sun and the exposure was tricky

Sean Jeating said...

Ah, those colours! Great shot, Jams.

Mojo said...

Looks a bit like those Japanese Lantern flowers -- only not enclosed. Nice!

jams o donnell said...

Thanks Mojo it is the jewel in our garden crown

Claude said...

Glorious catch of the joy of gardening...

jams o donnell said...

Thanks Claudia. I'm glad you like it