What's blooming today, May 16

Update: My peony has bloomed! The entire bush bloomed all at once. I will post a photo of the whole thing when the rain dries; the blooms are all weighed down to the ground and look rather sad at the moment.















What's about to bloom:

What:Canturbury Bells!

Where it came from: If a plant can be controversial, this one is. Last spring, I planted the seeds in my vegetable garden since the rather complicated directions on the packet said to plant them in one place, let them grow to a certain height, and then transplant them to a permenant location.

I planted them just to see if they would come up since I had never seen a plant you HAD to move. Sure enough, they came up and I had so many plants, I divided the clump and gave half to my mom. It grew and grew for both of us, in similar conditions, and them my mom's bloomed! I was really jealous--we're talking beautiful blue flowers for weeks and weeks while my plants were just foilage.

The plants came up again this year for both of us, as expected. However, my mom's came back as almost a miniature version. The leaves are teeny-tiny, whereas my plants have the broad, big leaves like last year. Both have buds and are about to bloom. If anyone has any idea why plants grown from the same seed packet and randomly divided are behaving so differently, please contact me!