My peony plants are incredible this year! Each bush is full of gorgeous blooms. I’ll soon share a series of photos, revealing the peony from bud to flower, but for today … just a little petal love.
By the way, how do you pronounce Peony?
My friend Rick and I say pee-OH-knee. Others say PEE-ah-knee.
What do YOU think?
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Beautiful image Laurie and I would say pee-OH-knee 🙂
well, then you say it correctly (in my humble opinion!) 🙂
🙂
Very pretty Laurie! Pee-ah-nee is the correct pronunciation but I think people in different geographical areas pronounce it differently. Gorgeous, gorgeous flower and you captured it beautifully. Mine are just getting ready to bloom. Can’t wait! The beauty and aroma and almost more than I can handle! Enjoy the day!
I agree on the both aroma and beauty. The sheer number of petals in this bloom amazes me, and the aroma is just right … not overpowering, just a lovely, gentle scent.
And yes, the pronunciation definitely depends on the geographic location. It’s fun to hear the differences
one of my absolute favorite flavors I mean flowers 🙂 can’t wait to see your series!
I was thinking that I wish you were here to help me with those images. You’d have such great insight into the process and processing.
I wish I was there, too! Believe me, I am learning from YOU.
Such a cool photo LB! How’d you get the background so dark and the flower petal in light? Was it late evening with a flash? Anywho, gorgeous. I say Pea-ah-knee. x
So glad you like this one … after conversion to B&W, added alot of shadow, mostly to emphasize the the water droplet.
I love the differences in pronunciation 🙂
I love me some pee-ah-knee LB – they blossom here in time for Christmas and are great favourites! I think accent has a lot to do with pronunciation – next time we speak we should try it! I think it might be a giggle!!
Oh how wonderful to have these for Christmas! I just love these gorgeous plants … and this year, I used mini=trellises to hold those blooms up and keep them from diving staight to the ground. Pee – OH – knees make me so happy (no matter what the official pronunciation is 🙂 )
🙂 We so have to speak the name to each other!
I’m not good with phonic spelling, but I think that I say: pa-AH-knee.
Ha! I love reading all the different pronunciations of this gorgeous plant!
pee-OH-knee is the one for me 🙂
Yay!!
I always say pee-uh-knee. Interesting.
Great photo! They look beautiful!
It’s been fun to hear all the pronunciations (and thank you!)
I’m so glad you asked this question! I always thought people who said it different than me had simply not been taught how to pronounce it. I didn’t realize it was correct multiple ways. I’m so glad to learn this before I corrected someone. 😉
I was waiting for you to tell me how you say it 🙂
PEE uh nee, of course. 😉
PEE-uh-NEE for me. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. What does pronunciation really matter when the photo is so stunning? Look at those water drops! Perfection, Laurie, and I’m pretty certain we can all agree on how to pronounce that.
Mary, I almost made the title of this post “Po-tay-to, Po-tah-to”! 🙂
So glad you liked the photo … somehow I’ve managed to take way too many photos of my peonie plants. They’ve just been stunning this year!
And thanks for always saying the right thing!
Very nice Laurie.
Oh Mike, thanks for that 🙂
Laurie, I used to say pee-OH-knee, but my mother-in-law said PEE-ah-knee and that has stuck with me. They were her favorite flowers. I never knew how luscious they smelled until we moved here and I discovered we had them on the property! (White, pink and deep mauve colors) Mine seemed late this year due to the longer winter cold, and now they are just seed heads and green leaves. How nice to have the season extended through your lovely photograph! I do hope you have more to share.
Oh I’ve never seen a deep mauve before! Must be gorgeous!
You’ll laugh but I’ve taken so many photos … I’ve been editing for days 🙂
But yes … more photos coming!
I love this petal study in B&W – so elegant! 🙂
Thank you so much
Petal love works for me 🙂
I can’t wait to see more of
your collection 🙂
Andro xx
Thanks Andro … more coming soon!
Awesome I can’t wait 🙂
Have a brilliant Tuesday
and keep snapping that
camera, you are adding
some super photographs
my sweet friend 🙂
Andro xxxx
What do I think? I think your work is stunning…the flower is so beautiful, they can call it anything they want☺
Thank you Laurie!
That’s beautiful Laurie.
Thanks so much, Edith. I look at it now and long to see what someone of your skill would have done with it 🙂
Love that you went B&W on this one LB. Lovely. And I’m a pee-oh-knee gal myself :-). Used to have some real beauties at my NJ home, but too hot down here in SC.
Thank you, Tina. I’ve had more fun taking photos of them this year. So beautiful!
They were planted before I moved to my home and I am so glad (even though I whacked one down when the shoot first appeared 17 years ago … I thought it was a weed!!!!). oh my …
the droplets looks really cool 🙂
Thanks Joshi! Hope all is well with you!
I’ve always pronounced it the second way. Either way I adore peonies and your lovely picture shows off their petals perfectly.
Blessings ~ Wendy ❀
Gorgeous, both the photo and the flower. I use the first pronunciation, but I image it’s a regional thing like roof: rooooof or ruff.