PUEBLO, Colo. — When Judy and Juan Trujillo purchased a small farm in the floodplains of the Arkansas River in the 1960s, the previous owners didn’t bother to tell them about the peonies. Now, decades later, the family is trying to keep the farm flourishing.

“They didn’t even know that the peonies were here,” said Gabriella Trujillo, granddaughter of the farm’s owners and among family who caretakes the land. “Then spring came, and the peonies came up. And I guess it just blew their minds,” she laughed.

“You’d think you’d mention an acre of peonies,” she said of the land’s previous stewards.

The peonies are one hundred years old, thought to have been planted to provide bouquets for nearby cemeteries. The field hosts multiple varieties, as well as iris, wild garlic, and more.

“It is such an interesting place,” Trujillo said.

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