Yesterday, I posted a hopeful photo of the first peony that I planted in the backyard that has come back for the second season. Today, you're seeing another peony - one that we planted from my Sister-in-Law's yard before they built their new house. Here's the post showing the harvest I pulled out of her yard that included irises, a grass or two, some hostas and what at the time I was pretty sure was a peony plant. If you look at the date on that post, you'll notice that it is right in the middle of the Summer. Not an ideal time to transplant anything. But, we didn't have a choice, so late June transplanting was what we were dealing with in this situation. Most of the plants didn't show much life. They didn't show total death for the most part, but I wasn't that hopeful that much of anything was going to come back. The only plant that seemed to flourish and grow post transplanting from her yard was this happy fern that I put in the