Question for Donn

[J. Dillon]

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/123/antonpeonesse3nb.jpg

I have ants each year waiting for the Peonise to open up . For now they just seem to sit there. What are they doing ? Curious :confused:

JD

[RichKrough]

They heard there is going to be a sale at Peonise ?

[JimD]

Ever see the Woody Allen movie 'Sleeper'

[brad9798]

They do that here, too ... a right of passage, I suspect. They (ants) like that sweet flowerdy stuff ...

No harm, no foul, as ours are ALWAYS very pretty and dominant.

[Donn]

No idea at all, JD, but that's a gorgeous photograph.

I've never grown a Peony. That critter looks ripe with anticipation of something. His/her tail gunner is obviously loaded for bear.

[ishmael]

I'd always heard that peony buds exude a sweet sap and that ants, attracted to the sap, were needed for the bud to open. They, supposedly, chewed on sutures in the bud.

A quick google turns up that the first part is true, the second part folklore.

[huisjen]

Jack, for the moment you're off my ignore list.

You googled. You thought about the issue. You checked your facts. Well done! :)

Dan