Campo de’ Fiori means field of flowers. The markets held here in Rome sell mostly food, but there is a section for flowers as well. My favourite peonies were well represented when I was there in spring.
peonies in a pot
10 euro a bunch
exquisite
a perfect peony
so beautiful
just picked
about to open
an interesting centre
perfect
Could anything be more beautiful? Click here to see my Bagni di Lucca peony, and here for Lucca peonies and here for St Tropez peonies.
Wow! those photos are stunning. There were no peonies when we were there in June.
By: Julie on August 23, 2011
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They appear in spring for just a few weeks and they are stunning.
By: bagnidilucca on August 23, 2011
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beautiful photos
By: mewithmycamera on August 23, 2011
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If I had been there, I would soon be walking with arms full of peonies! Here in the Pacific Northwest US, my peony finally bloomed this year. I transplanted it three years ago and had been sulking, not blooming, since!
I won’t make it to Rome when I come over this coming February-ish, but am aiming for northern Tuscany.
(Thanks for stopping by my blog right after I started it. I knew nothing about saying hi in return, so it may have seemed that I didn’t want to wave and say HI! Enjoy your blog so very much that I knew enough to subscribe!)
By: lahgitana on August 23, 2011
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Where in northern Tuscany are you going in February? I will be in Bagni di Lucca at that time. I’m hoping for better with my peony next spring.
By: bagnidilucca on August 23, 2011
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Because of your blog, I was thinking I would HAVE to spend time in Bagni di Lucca, and would love to meet you! Probably toward March — I’m guessing it’s still wintry in Feb? (I love winter; just trying to simply packing!)
I’m looking at a mosaic school in Ravenna for the end of Feb…. (As you can tell, I’m STILL trying to figure things out!) Then there are the Etruscan sites…. yikes!
By: lahgitana on August 23, 2011
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Oh My… a pink extravaganza!
Lovely!
Thanks once again.
By: maru on August 23, 2011
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They are heavenly flowers aren’t they?
By: bagnidilucca on August 23, 2011
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Gorgeous, my favorites too!
By: Anna Harrison on August 23, 2011
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I could look at them for hours. Each one is slightly different and so beautiful.
By: bagnidilucca on August 23, 2011
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These links may be interesting as the great experts in peonies in Italy are the people who run the Botanical Centre Moutan:
http://www.centrobotanicomoutan.it/presentazione.asp?lang=EN
who were, in turn, the founders of Unopiù. They used to feature peonies in their garden furniture catalogues. It happens that they sold Unopiù and opened a new company called Ethimo:
http://www.ethimo.it/chi_siamo.asp?lang=en
that sells their furniture, plus they have the Centro Botanico Moutan and you can also purchase peonies through them. I have not been to the Centro, but I think that it may be worth a visit.
By: Mulino Dominillo on August 23, 2011
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Thanks for that information. I’m really going to try for the perfect peony in spring.
By: bagnidilucca on August 23, 2011
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How stunning, Deb! Such a profusion of pink peonies!
Kathy
By: Kathryn McCullough on August 23, 2011
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For a few weeks in spring I go crazy with peony sightings.
By: bagnidilucca on August 23, 2011
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No more peonies in the garden now till next spring 🙁 I love them too !
By: Joanna on August 23, 2011
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They are definitely my favourite flowers.
By: bagnidilucca on August 23, 2011
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By: Peonies at Campo de' Fiori « Bagni di Lucca and Beyond on August 23, 2011
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What fabulous photos. There’s something about peonies, especially when they are bunched together as in your photo. Time to go back to Rome!
By: Jenny Freedman on August 23, 2011
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Deb, so pretty! Pete just asked me – do you have a photo taken from your balcony window at Bagni di Lucca? It’s a very beautiful little village, and it would be nice to see what you look out on…
By: Anonymous on August 23, 2011
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If you look at the post called Why I miss Ponte a Serraglio when I am not there you will see a photo taken from just inside my living room across the balcony to the piazza. The home page also has a photo from the balcony. I will try to remember some others – perhaps Why we chose Bagni di Lucca.
By: bagnidilucca on August 23, 2011
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Sorry Deb, that last comment was from me, I have no idea why it put me up as anonymous! I’ll go check out your pics now.. 🙂
By: Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial on August 25, 2011
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I agree peonies are a showy flower. I remember well a field of pink and white peonies growing wild one early Spring in Ft Wayne, Indiana, not long after the crocuses peeped through the snow. Peonies are memorable flowers, so, can understand why you love them so much, Deb. Would it be nice if they grow wild on your balcony, but as you say, you have to cultivate them in a window box. May you create the perfect peony one day…..!
By: Sandra H on August 24, 2011
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I will be trying in spring to get a great peony to grow.
By: bagnidilucca on August 24, 2011
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Flowers can brighten up almost any day! 😀
By: Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella on August 24, 2011
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Especially peonies.
By: bagnidilucca on August 24, 2011
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Two of my favorites in one post. That piazza. And that flower. Thank you so much Deb.
By: Charlotte on August 24, 2011
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I love the markets at Campo de’ Fiori. The whole area is wonderful.
By: bagnidilucca on August 24, 2011
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Absolutely beautiful.
By: mary D on August 24, 2011
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Just catching up on posts – those peonies are so exquisite they take your breath away – just a tip – it’s easier for me to set your pictures as my screen savers when they are landscape oriented, thank you:) I love the posts you do that seem to take us through the day; from the early morning sun on the Spanish Steps to the late afternoon sun on the apartment, to dinner at Ristorante Alla Rampa and an introduction to the very superior Marco. I’m sure I could quite happily live in the garden shed at Vergemoli; I might snuffle and whine a bit in the winter though and imagine building a staircase specifically designed so that horses could negotiate it! We’ve just had a small dog visiting for a few days and she did some very funny cartoon-like spreadeagling, both going up and going down our stairs, but never seemed deterred. Where to next BDL?
By: Jan on August 25, 2011
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i love those peonies, never saw them before. I have missed Campo di Fiori when we were in Rome. Hopefully next time we go, we’ll visit it.
By: Fragolina on August 25, 2011
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Campo de’ Fiori is well worth a visit.
By: bagnidilucca on August 25, 2011
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These are beautiful. I’m not normally a pink person, but this colour is just so perfect for the flowers – lovely.
By: Journey Photographic on August 25, 2011
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Pink certainly suits peonies.
By: bagnidilucca on August 25, 2011
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Love all the flowers in the background in the first pic too. Especially the Calla Lillies and Sunflowers.
By: lisa@notesfromafrica on August 28, 2011
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The flowers are Campo de’ Fiori are spectacular.
By: bagnidilucca on August 28, 2011
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