The company recently sold a peony and grapefruit candle at almost half price on the flash sale site One Kings Lane.

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Using a classic-shaped metal urn, I began by setting the height of the arrangement with a single peony.

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An avid horticulturalist, he charmed Catherine Deneuve at a dinner party by talking with her for hours about a rare species of peony.

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One Hong Kong mall, Metroplaza, has embraced the year by installing eight live snakes under a gold arch in a case lined with peony-blossom wallpaper.

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And in what is becoming a big spring 2012 trend, there came the big peony printed cape, pant suit, jacket and romper.

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