The petals had all fallen of the Peony plant located in the front yard Monster raised garden. What remained were seed pods.

After all the flowers on the Peony plant had lost their petals, what remained were seed pods. The is a close view of one of those seed pods.

A view looking down from above at three fully bloomed flowers. They exhibited a yellow core inside a hot pink flower.

A view looking down at the peony plant in our "Monster" raised garden in the front yard. The first of the flowers were in full bloom.

The first few flowers on our new peony plant were a deep and bright pink.

Another close view of another bud. This one was also nearly ready to bloom. Pink and green ground cover lay out of focus behind it.

A closer view of one of the buds getting ready to bloom.

Last year this plant only grew a few inches tall. This year, it has grown fuller and taller with six buds.

A closer view of one of the fading peony flowers. The inside of its pedals remain pink, while the outside was fading toward white.

The flowers on this peony plant. on the top of our front yard "Monster" raised bed garden, began as a deep, bright pink, but have faded with time to a light pinkish white.