Peony - Paeonia

An old fashioned mainstay of the perennials garden is the Peony. These long lived and dependable plants offer dense, glossy foliage that makes a good hedge and large, single and double flowers. In addition to their beauty, peonies are attractive in other ways.  They hardy, fragrant, long-lived, need only infrequent dividing and their spectacular blooms make great cut flowers. They can be grown as focal points in the garden, or as hedges and work exceptionally well as foundation plants in place of woody shrubs that may suffer under the weight of heavy snow. Grow supports or hoops may be necessary to keep fully blooming foliage upright. Peonies probably compare to Lilacs as one of the most common flowering plants that have withstood the test of time since the days of Colonial America.

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Common Name:  'Peony'
Botanical Name : Paeonia lactiflora  'Bowl of Beauty'

'Bowl of Beauty' features single soft pink flowers that have a large yellow eye and a sweet fragrance.  Flowers in late spring to early summer.

Matures 36" tall and wide.          Hardy to Zone 3    

Common Name:  'Peony'
Botanical Name : Paeonia lactiflora  'Duchess de Nemours'

Creamy white fragrant flowers with yellow centers adorns this strong grower.  Blooms in mid to late spring.

Matures 36" tall and wide.      Hardy to Zone 3    

Common Name:  'Peony'
Botanical Name : Paeonia lactiflora  'Karl Rosenfield'

Large, semi double purple-red flowers on strong stems make this one of the more popular varieties of Peonies. Flowers late spring to early summer.

Matures 36" tall and wide.      Hardy to Zone 3    

Common Name: Tree 'Peony'
Botanical Name : Paeonia suffruticosa  'High Noon'     Sorry, Sold Out for 2008

You'll melt when you see this blazing sun of a flower that features bright, lemony yellow petals that show just a touch of rich raspberry flares at the base of golden colored central stamen cluster. Double rows of petals create a semi-double look and an amazing show considering that each bloom measures about 4" in diameter! 'High noon' is a past winner of the American Peony Society Gold medal Award, and a rare accolade for a tree peony, making it a no-brainer to add to your collection of peonies. 'High Noon' is easy to grow producing deep green, deeply cut foliage forming a considerable bush that serves as a perfect backdrop for these magnificent blooms. Even better, they'll fill the garden with fragrance when open from late May through June!

Matures 4-5' tall x 4-5' wide.        Hardy to Zone 4.  

Common Name: Tree 'Peony'
Botanical Name : Paeonia suffruticosa  'Purple'

These are some of the most beautiful plants ever to bloom in the garden. Fully double goblet-shaped flowers measure up to 8 inches wide! Petals have the rich gleam of Oriental silk and a transparency unknown among lesser peonies! The Purple Peony Tree foliage is lush deep green. They bloom with royal lavishness, producing up to 200 huge, fragrant flowers per plant. Start to bud even before snow leaves the ground! While the frost is still on the ground these glorious Purple Peony Trees begin active growth. In April you'll see their buds shoot out.
Folks will drive miles just for a glimpse of your garden. Live for generations, add beauty year round!  Unlike ordinary peony varieties, these woody bushes do not die back to the ground in winter -- instead grow larger and more beautiful each year! The bush seldom grows higher than 4 feet; but spreads gracefully each succeeding year until it reaches as much as 5 feet across. Like the Giant Redwoods, they live for generations -- for a century or even more! So amazingly hardy, living blooming plants of 200 and 300 years old are reported from China and Japan!

Rich purplish-pink with golden stamens. Very strong grower. The flowers though dark, are very delicately textured and draw much attention.

Matures 3-4' tall x 4-5' wide.        Hardy to Zone 4.  

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