Accidentally Left Behind

Two of the only things we inherited with our house that we didn't immediately rip out and replace were peony bushes in the front beds.

They've faithfully come back year after year, however like many perennials, have such a short bloom and then you just have this big green blob (and I have enough of those) which then gets a grayish mildew on the leaves and so by the middle of summer it's an eye sore in the front of the house.

So I decided to transplant them to my more "wild" section of the gardens along the side of the house. I moved one in the fall and it seemed to be doing just fine and so followed with its brother (sister?) in the spring. That one didn't really bloom, but survived quite well so I have no doubts it'll be fine next year.

And then of course after a few months something in the front bed started popping up that looked awfully familiar...and I realized I'd apparently left a root behind! Oops!

"Wow, I feel a lot slimmer this spring!"