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Here, the softness of the peonies is balanced against the texture of the white nigella, with the elegant cascade of the Solomon's seal adding grace.
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Along the side walls, bricks are carved to resemble lattice windows, beneath which peonies bloom in pots, auspicious lions prance and guardians who look like miniature Sumo wrestlers keep watch.
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Job relocation and the need to free up assets are facts of life that can deprive families of the luxury of waiting until the peonies bloom to put their homes on the market.
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And now, four years after Reynolds planted the first illegal seed, a grassroots guerrilla gardening movement has sprouted up around him, with thousands of revolutionaries throughout the world who are armed and ready with rakes and shovels to turn areas of urban decay into springy patches of peonies and sunflowers.
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