Did you know peonies have a special meaning in Japan? Learn what it is in “Imagined Neighbors: Japanese Visions of China, 1680–1980,” now on view: https://s.si.edu/3x3V3iT Part of our #JapaneseArt collection. #SmithsonianAsianArt Image: Peony Garden 牡丹園, Murakami Kagaku 村上華岳 (1888-1939), Taishō era, 1918, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, F2020.5.31

Learn how to design and create your own peony garden! Plus, a throwback trip to America's Favorite Flower Farm and Nursery, Gilbert H. Wild & Son. Where we look at over 600 varieties of peonies! To find the widest selection of peonies grown in the United States check out: www.gilberthwild.com. To learn more about planting big beautiful blooms, watch this week's YouTube video: https://youtu.be/s1zmqeM6T2U #peony #gardendesign | P. Allen Smith