08 April 2008

WW - Tree Paeony

Our species tree paeony (Paeonia lutea ludlowii) coming back to life. This week's entry for the Tuesday and Wednesday edition of Wordless Wednesday.

65 comments:

Pretty Life Online said...

uhhh! is that a vegetable? mine's up too hhope you can drop by.

Anonymous said...

I've never seen this tree/plant before. Looks interesting. Looks like it's about to bloom.

etteY said...

great shot! did you took this shot in the evening? love the black bg :)

aubreyannie said...

ooh, i'm intrigued and can't wait to see it when it's in bloom. happy ww!

Snap Catch said...

cool one for WW entry... mine's up too hope you'll visit me too.

The Lone Beader® said...

That is an interesting looking plant!

SandyCarlson said...

What beautiful new leaves. Peonies are gorgeous flowers. I hope you'll be back with the blossom.

Anonymous said...

Very unusual looking plant ! Hope you put up pics of the blooms ! Would love to see them :)

Anonymous said...

Spring has sprung! Happy WW Tuesday :)

elasticwaistbandlady said...

You say Paeony, I say Peony!

Ahhh, sounds like another hit song for our imaginary off-off-off Broadway musical, jams.

said...

Putting on the trying to get blood from a rock in the Terrorism that is Capitalism.

Chrisbookarama said...

I love peonies. Can't wait to see mine come alive again.

threesidesofcrazy said...

Interesting looking tree - I don't think I've seen it before.

Lori said...

It kinda looks like old hands...Happy WW. Great shot:)

maryt/theteach said...

That's a lovely tree, jams! Peonies here get big black ants on them just before they bloom, ugh!

eastcoastlife said...

Never seen this before. It's a tree?

Rebecca said...

I hope you post pictures of it when it grows bigger - this one is kind of hard to tell what I'm looking at! 8-)

CherryPie said...

I love the first signs of spring :-)

Do I see a snowflake or two as well?

tammi said...

I can hardly wait to have buds to take pictures of!!

Sandee said...

I so love spring and all the wonders it brings. Have a great WW Jams. :)

HartofDixie said...

Undoubtedly beautiful! Love it.
Happy WW!

MaR said...

Interesting. And very beautiful!
Happy WW!

Anonymous said...

I love peonies. I don't think I've ever seen a tree peony. I hope in the future you show it in full bloom :)

marcia@joyismygoal said...

I did not know tree peonies existed it is lovely w/ expectation of more

Anonymous said...

That's wonderful that they're coming back to life! Going to be beautiful flowers when they bloom this summer.

jams o donnell said...

Thanks everyone for visiting

PamelaMKramer said...

I've never seen this before. I have a black thumb. I shouldn't be around any plant. LOLOL

Have a great WW and thanks for stopping by!

Erin Faye said...

That is a weird looking plant.
Happy WW!

Jules said...

That's a really interesting looking plant. Good job on the photo.

Jane said...

Quite unlike any peony that I've ever seen, though it probably has a bit more growing to do, what do the flowers look like?

Anonymous said...

Very nice. I would like to see it in full bloom. Maybe next week?

Are you using a black backdrop or just a fill flash?

maiylah said...

so gorgeous!
happy WW!

Anonymous said...

wonderful! .. and the drops add something more to the shot! :)

Julia Phillips Smith said...

Wow - your season is way ahead of ours. We still have snow in shady corners of the backyard. I love the almost-unfurled quality to your photo.

Steve D. said...

Nice WW. Thanks for stopping by to see my lame first attempt. Next time I'll try to make it better...or "more Wordless"...or maybe both (probably not).

-Steve D. (lazycomic.blogspot.com)

Mama Grizzly said...

interesting plant!

Anonymous said...

I don't know that I've ever seen one of these either. I bet it will be beautiful, though.

Gabriel said...

Beautiful picture! They're called 'peonias' in my language (Spanish).


Happy WW!

My post: "Dressed to kill" (It'll be up in about 1.5 hours)

James Higham said...

Yes but there are words, Jams. :)

RW said...

Nice shot there Jams!

Lilli & Nevada said...

Beautiful i don't think i have ever seen anything like it before, is that bubbles of water on it?

Anonymous said...

Very Spring! Nice one. Happy WW, and thanks for visiting.

Pinay said...

Pretty!Nice shot.

My WW entry is up too.

Gattina said...

Strange plant !

Anonymous said...

More gorgeous botanical porn! Thanks and happy WW!

Anonymous said...

are those snowflakes i see in the background? or just raindrops?

can't wait to see it in full bloom. :)

happy ww.

bluemountainmama said...

i've always loved peonies. they bring up warm memories of my grandmother, who loved them also and had many in her backyard.

Anonymous said...

Very nice. I didn't realize it was a peony!

crpitt said...

Very interesting, will you be photographing it once it is fully awake?

Anonymous said...

Never seen anything like this before.

Happy WW.

Makimeji
Makimeji

Utah Mommy said...

Very beautifully captured! you're a very pro when it comes to taking pictures. Happy WW!
He's thinking ahead
Missing this house

Barb said...

I just love growing things. You're going to show us when it's blooming, too, aren't you?!

catsynth said...

That's a really unusual and striking flower. And well photographed. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

That's a sure sign of spring...that that tree flower?

poor man's nicole richie said...

we have vegetable here in the country that looks similar to that. we call it kangkong = )
great shot! you have so many stories to tell about plants every week.

c",) Morning Sniffles

Anonymous said...

That's a great shot! Love the contrast!

Anonymous said...

New life, what a wonderful capture! Happy WW!

Anonymous said...

It looks almost ready to explode with new life. Nice shot Jams. Happy WW

Unknown said...

That is absolutely stunning! I've nver seen anything like it.

dixymiss said...

I'm a bit late coming round for a look. So glad I didn't miss this beautiful, eXotic shot! Well done.

Anonymous said...

It is so pretty. You'll be sure to post a photo when it is in bloom? I don't think I've ever seen one of these.

TorAa said...

Great capture;-))
With a better camera it would have been superb.

Cynthia said...

Great shot...Love the water drops!

jams o donnell said...

THanks. Tor I have a Nikon D200 and a specialist macro lens and ring flash.I did have the ISO setting high which possibly afected the image quality slightly

Anonymous said...

it is a budding tree? great work there.

Joshua