Iris and Peony at Kew Gardens – positively glowing on a damp Thursday afternoon

Above – the lipstick pink of Paeonia Honor, with an unnamed white form, below

Below – Paeonia officinalis subsp. officinalis

Above and below – Paeonia rockii subsp. atrava

Above, Paeonia clusii

Above – Paeonia officinalis subsq. officinalis against Iris Red Zinger (also below)

Two unnamed Iris

Below – actually tinted more lilac in reality, and at the entrance to the Rock Garden in prime position, Iris cycloglossa, from Afghanistan