dissected flower

I cut another dozen peonies for vases in the house. One from an earlier bouquet was fading, I was cutting up for the compost and grabbed the ruffly bunch of browning petals in hand, one tug and they all came off. This is what the inside of the flower looks like. I thought it pretty interesting. My youngest looked and said "ugh!" then I threw all the loose peony petals on her. 

My first sweet pea opened. It's perfect height to smell their loveliness while sitting in a chair on the deck.

The other two pots with bamboo tripods are almost ready to bloom, too.