Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common peony (Paeonia officinalis) close up of stamens and stigma, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May.

Konstantin Mikhailov / Stony tundra with paeony flowers, Kuznetskii Alatay mtns Altai, Siberia, Russia

Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) with full pollen basket foraging on pollen in Caucasian peony (Paeonia daurica Pollen transferred on bee's body to other flowers. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. May.

Bruno D'Amicis / Wild peony (Paeonia officinalis) flowers in forest meadow. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Peony (Paeonia officinalis) Mt Vettore, Umbria, Italy, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Wild peonies (Paeonia officinalis) growing on the lower slopes of Mt Vettore, Umbria, Italy, June.

Eric Baccega / Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) on Peony flower (Paeonia suffruticosa) Alsace, France, May.

Eric Baccega / Two Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) on Peony flower (Paeonia suffruticosa) Alsace, France, May.

Eric Baccega / Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) on Peony flower (Paeonia suffruticosa) Alsace, France, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Male peony (Paeonia mascula) the white variety found in NE Sicily. Bosci di Ficuzza, Sicily, Italy, May.

Jan Vermeer / Peony (Paeonia sp) flowers

Paul Harcourt Davies / Male peony (Paeonia mascula) in flower, white variety found in North East Sicily, Bosco di Ficuzza, Palermo, Sicily, May