thistlebloom
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The big double peonies are pretty, but the singles are a little more durable in the rain.
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Like none of the above. I pronounce it zin'-ē-ə with the accent on the first syllable.
Pē'-ə-nē
Yup! Always include a few snap dragons in the garden to bite the grands.
Pē'-ə-nē
Yup! Always include a few snap dragons in the garden to bite the grands.
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I now have two varieties of singles. Pretty, smell great and do last through the rain.
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I planted 2 peony trees last summer, hope they flower this year.
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I just picked up 3 Itoh peonies to put in. Wish they were for me. They're singles and seriously beautiful.
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I first saw one in flower at friends garden, had to have.
Beekissed
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My granny used to call them "pinies"....I loved that! She had many hillbilly ways of speaking that I still adore and wish I could incorporate into my own speech and still have it sound natural, but, alas, it just doesn't roll off my tongue like it did hers.
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I wonder how my great grandmother Lizzy Pernicia spoke. She was from Appalachia. I wonder why she went by both names and what her parents were thinking when they named her Pernicia ... 
Grandma Illma called the zinnia, zē-nyə so that's how I think of them. However, when I'm talking to others I refer to them as zi-nē-ə. I do know a little girl with that name and her parents use the zē-nyə pronunciation .
That's because they always have bugs, including aphids ... One of my jobs as a wholesale florist was checking the flowers coming in. I told management that I would always reject California peonies if I looked at them for bugs. If they insisted on ordering them I would have to stop looking. Thankfully, they were not a big part of the trade.
They have their place ... outdoors. And, they seem to hold up well against the bugs but it must shorten their flower life.
Steve
Grandma Illma
called the zinnia, zē-nyə so that's how I think of them. However, when I'm talking to others I refer to them as zi-nē-ə. I do know a little girl with that name and her parents use the zē-nyə pronunciation .Yeah, me too.
That's because they always have bugs, including aphids ... One of my jobs as a wholesale florist was checking the flowers coming in. I told management that I would always reject California peonies if I looked at them for bugs. If they insisted on ordering them I would have to stop looking. Thankfully, they were not a big part of the trade.
They have their place ... outdoors. And, they seem to hold up well against the bugs but it must shorten their flower life.
Steve
so lucky
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Zeen' yas and Pee own' ees here in the foothills of the Ozarks.
