Garden Peonies

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‘Alexander Fleming’
Garden Peony - Bare-Root Plants

Paeonia lactiflora Among the hotter pink peonies. Fully double flowers have intense fragrance and very pink petals that lighten toward the edges.... read more
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‘Big Ben’
Garden Peony - Bare-Root Plants

Paeonia lactiflora This tall robust highly fragrant peony is a classic, with long-lasting double 5–6" cherry-red to dark pink blooms atop sturdy... read more
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‘Karl Rosenfield’
Garden Peony - Bare-Root Plants

Paeonia lactiflora A double flower of rare beauty-large bright crimson blooms on strong stems are a great choice for cutflowers. read more
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‘Pink Hawaiian Coral’
Garden Peony - Bare-Root Plants

Paeonia lactiflora A symphony of coral, peach, melon and pink shades in semi-double form. Elegant 5–6" flowers change color as they age. Very... read more
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‘Pink Pompadour’
Garden Peony - Bare-Root Plants

Paeonia lactiflora Bright two-tone fuchsia double flowers with a sweet fragrance. Outer petals lay back to show a ball of center petals. Strong... read more
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‘Sarah Bernhardt’
Garden Peony - Bare-Root Plants

Paeonia lactiflora Fully double fragrant flowers open light rose-pink. Matures to a more delicate pink with a silvery edge. read more
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‘Shirley Temple’
Garden Peony - Bare-Root Plants

Paeonia lactiflora Highly fragrant large fully doubled flowers are pale pink as they emerge, lightening to white as they mature. read more
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‘Sorbet Peony’
Garden Peony - Bare-Root Plants

Paeonia lactiflora Small frilly vanilla-cream petals sandwiched between larger petals of strawberry and raspberry. Pale-yellow center. Lusciously fragrant. read more
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Peonies

Reliable, long-lived hardy herbaceous perenninal native from Tibet to Siberia. The red to forest-green shoots appear in midspring and form a bushy clump of lustrous dark green deeply lobed foliage that makes a lovely hedge or backdrop to the flower garden.

Big spherical buds on sturdy stems gradually open from late spring to early summer, transforming into huge stunning blooms. Peonies require support to keep the heavy blossoms from flopping. For long-lasting cutflowers, harvest when buds are soft like marshmallows but not quite open.

Ants on peony buds are normal, so leave them alone. While the ants collect sticky nectar, they also protect the peonies against insect pests. Before you bring cuts indoors, dunk them in a bucket of water to rinse off the ants.

Plant 2–3' apart with eyes no more than 1–1½" below the surface in deep, fertile, moist but well-drained soil, full sun to partial shade. Plants may take 3–5 years to establish before blooming, and are sensitive to disturbance during that time.