very early spring
Little Red Gem, a rock-garden peony with fern-leaf foliage, flowers first, followed soon by Nova, then Coral Fay.
Rose-and-gold Athena lights up a border while a rosy heart appears at the center of each Bess Bockstoce flower, and Little Song blooms in a shaded corner.
Flash earns its name as hot-pink Paula Fay and dark-maroon Buckeye Belle command attention in the early garden.