The great peony explosion of 2024

I was prepping a big wedding order yesterday, and I had about 50 peonies in a bucket that were just starting to pop open. I went to move the bucket and the handle snapped clean off! The whole thing tipped over, sending water and flowers all over my studio floor. My five-year-old ran in, pointed at the mess, and said, 'Mommy, your garden fell down!' I spent the next hour salvaging blooms and mopping up a small lake. Has anyone found a truly unbreakable bucket brand they swear by?

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jana_hernandez10d ago

Oh no, that sounds like a total nightmare! I have to ask, were the peonies mostly okay after their big fall? I've had stems snap just from looking at them wrong, so a whole bucket tipping over... that's the real test of how tough those blooms really were.

oliver_mitchell10d ago

Right? Stems snap just from looking at them wrong is the perfect way to put it! I lost a whole vase of tulips last week from a similar bucket disaster.