Add romanticism to your garden or landscape with these arresting types of paeony .
Grant Webster
Add romance to your garden or landscape painting with spectacular paeony . These long - lived perennials bring forth declamatory , fragrant bloom in striking colouring material in spring and early summer . They pull in butterfly and other pollinators and are first-class trimmed flowers .
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If you need help choose from the thousands of peony salmagundi , check out 25 of our favorite . Peonies vary in validity so when take a variety , ensure it issuitable for your zone .
There are threemain types of peonies . Herbaceous peonies(Paeonia lactiflora ) , the most usual character , give-up the ghost back to the ground in winter and regrow in springiness . Tree ( or deciduous ) peoniesgrow from a woody , trunk - corresponding base . Itoh peony are a cross between herbaceous and tree peonies . They are also called intersectional hybrid peonies .
America
Andreas Trauttmansdorff
A bluff , accolade - make headway loan-blend from 1976,Paeoniaxlactiflora‘America ’ offers exclusive , cherry-red - red , lightly fragrant flowers that open up to reveal jaundiced centers in early on to mid - season . The vigorously growing plant life has an unsloped habit .
Growing Conditions : Full to part sun ; well - drain soil
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Size:3 - 4 foot tall and broad
Zones:3 - 7
Bartzella
Bob Stefko
Golden - yellow peony are as rare as they are beautiful . This Itoh paeony from the 1980s , Paeoniax ‘ Bartzella ’ delivers immense , 6- to 8 - column inch gilded - yellow blooms with a slight ruby center and a lemony fragrance in late spring or other summer .
grow Conditions : Full sun ; well - drain soil
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Size:2 - 3 feet tall , 3 - 4 foot wide
Zones:4–9
Better Times
Lynn Karlin
A classic from the 1940s , Paeonia lactiflora‘Better Times ’ provide undimmed pinkish flush on tall stem in mid to belated season . The plant is very showy , and its 6 - inch bloom make peculiarly good cut flowers .
Size:28 - 38 inch tall
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Big Ben
Mike Jensen
A gorgeous and easy - to - grow heirloom survival from 1943 , this former - season peony is a herbaceous perennial that produces 4 – to 5 - inch , in full double , rose - crimson heyday with outstanding fragrance . Paeonia lactiflora‘Big Ben ' has wonderful dynamism and performs well in the garden each year .
Size:3 - 4 feet tall , 3 feet all-encompassing
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Blaze
Greg Scheidemann
A reliable and vigorous herbaceous performing artist with bright reddened efflorescence , Paeonia lactiflora‘Blaze ’ produce 6 - in peak early in the season that are perfect for cutting . The bright color stands out in the garden and floral arrangements . It is well adapted to balmy - wintertime surface area than many other paeony .
Size:2 - 3 human foot tall and wide
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Zones:4 - 8
Bowl of Beauty
A gay heirloom natural selection from the 1940s , Paeonia lactiflora‘Bowl of Beauty ’ offers a cupful of pinkish petal surrounding a creamy shopping center that matures to white . The charming form and color of this early - season paeony absolutely sing outflow . The bloom of youth undecided to an amazing 7 to 10 inches wide and are excellent weakened bloom .
Zones:3 - 8
Burning Bright
Laurie Black
Paeoniaxlobata‘Burning Bright ’ is a small but charming pinkish - red peony from the forties . It offers lush undivided blooms with a sunny yellow center , add up anextra dose of colorto the garden .
Size:22 - 34 inches tall
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Coral Charm
Paeonia lactiflora‘Coral Charm ’ is an laurels - advance , beautiful semi - forked peony with plenteous , 5- to 6 - in coral - vividness blooms . It was multiply in the 1960s and is still democratic today . The unique mid - time of year Salmon River - color blossom stand out against other peonies .
Coral Supreme
The semi - double flower ofPaeonia lactiflora‘Coral Supreme ’ are a rich , alone color , and the strong halt hold up well to the weather condition . infix in 1964 , this heirloom peony blooms prolifically in former fountain to early summer . It isvirtually pest - costless .
Do Tell
Paeonia lactiflora‘Do Tell ’ is a unique honor - win paeony from the 1940s known both for its Nipponese pattern ( wide petals with a pile of finer petaloids in the pith ) and pinkish color blend . It’sbeautifully fragrantand offers a striking color combination in the garden . This mid - time of year paeony blooms heavily in late spring or early summertime .
Fernleaf Peony
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Paeonia tenuifolia , ordinarily known asfernleaf peony , is a beautiful flora with gorgeous , dark gullible ferny leafage and rich - red double flowers . The delicate leaf looks dandy even when the works is n’t in bloom . It blooms too soon with 3 - column inch benighted cherry prime that open to display bright yellow stamen . It attracts butterflies and resists deer .
Size:1 - 2 feet tall
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Festiva Maxima
Richard Felber
A classical salmagundi , Paeonia lactiflora‘Festiva Maxima ’ boast large white blooms with picture of crimson - red . It ’s an heirloom motley from the 1850s that ’s still passing popular today . Its early - time of year , pure white flush shimmer in the garden . It ’s also agood cut - flower multifariousness . The peony ’s bronze outpouring foliage and lily-livered fall color are bonuses for your garden .
Gay Paree
Stephen Cridland
An eye - catching sort from the 1930s , Paeonia lactiflora‘Gay Paree ’ offers a pink - blushed , bone - white center wall by bold snort - pinkish petals . The bright , fragrant , and wild-eyed 6 - in blooms tolerate out in the garden or inbouquetsbecause of their color combination and strong stems . This mid - season mantrap efflorescence from late spring to former summer .
Green Halo
The unique flower form , coloring , and size of it make this peony stand out . Paeonia lactiflora‘Green Halo ’ has white flower petal rising out of a nest of green . In mid - leaping , its walk out blossom reach up to 7 in wide . Its gray - greenish leafage remains attractive throughout the growing season .
Size:30 in improbable , 24 in wide
Karl Rosenfield
A beautiful heirloom from the other 1900s , Paeonia lactiflora‘Karl Rosenfield ’ bear forked red blooms in late leap to early summer . The flowers are a beautiful cherry - scarlet semblance , nicely fragrant , and excellent for cutting .
Keiko
Keiko is the mark name of Itoh peonyPaeoniax ‘ Pink Double Dandy , ’ which bears semi - double to double blossoms in mid - leap . The petals are a charming picket pink that darkens toward the bloom midpoint , foreground the yellow centers . stalwart branches sustain the 6 - inch blooms without the demand for staking .
Size:24 - 30 inch improbable and across-the-board
Krinkled White
Janet Mesic Mackie
A classic , Paeonia lactiflora‘Krinkled White ’ is from the 1920s but is still popular today thanks to its pure white petals and sunny scandalmongering center . The slightly fragrant , 6 - column inch singlewhite flowersare borne profusely in late saltation and early summer . ‘ Krinkled White ’ is a skilful selection for the South as it needs a piddling less cold than most peonies .
Morning Lilac
Paeoniax ‘ Morning Lilac ’ is an Itoh paeony that flower in mid - to - late spring . The lilac - pink efflorescence are semi - dual and 8 inches wide with Au stamen that contrast beautifully . As a fillip , the leafage turn over bright orange and then red in the gloaming . It is a particularly beautiful cut flower .
Size:26 - 28 inch improbable
Paula Fay
A vigorous mixed bag with semi - two-fold , reddish - pink rosiness , award - winningPaeonia lactifolia‘Paula Fay ’ was loose in the 1960s and is now a garden classic . It ’s tough to beat the brilliant color of the bloom and the authentic nature of this survival of the fittest . ‘ Paula Fay ’ blooms in late spring or other summer .
Size:30 - 34 inches tall , 18 to 20 in wide
Pillow Talk
J.C. & Son Allen
The blooms ofPaeonia lactiflora‘Pillow Talk ’ are slightly bicolored and beautifully fragrant . With its large , double pinkish blossom , it ’s no wonder this gorgeous diverseness won a top award from the American Peony Society . ‘ Pillow Talk ’ attract butterflies and other pollinator in mid to late spring . Its inviolable stems make it an fantabulous excision peak .
Size:28 - 34 inches tall , 30 - 38 inches wide
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Prairie Moon
An unusual peony bred in the 1950s , Paeonia‘Prairie lunation ‘ intercrossed bears semi - duple , sonant off-white - yellow flowers in mid - season . The color is beautiful , and it has a wonderful easygoing aroma . The blooms are staggered and appear in spring to early summer for about six weeks .
Size:30 - 38 column inch marvellous , 24 - 30 column inch spacious
Raspberry Sundae
Paeonia lactiflora‘Raspberry Sundae ’ was spawn in the 1960s and bears beautiful creamy - pinkish bloom of youth . The 5- to 7 - inch flower form is alone , with a rounded cluster of flower petal exploding from a cup of paler - pinkish flower petal . This moderately peony blush from mid to recent spring .
Size:30 - 36 in tall and wide of the mark
Sarah Bernhardt
Frances Janisch
An old - fashioned heirloom from the early 1900s , Paeonia lactiflora‘Sarah Bernhardt ’ is still one of the endearing paeony there is . In April and May , the flowers are a gorgeous shade of soft pink and fill up the air with a rich , sweetened fragrance .
Growing Conditions : Full sunlight with good afternoon shade ; well - drained dirt
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Size:34 - 36 inches tall and spacious
Sweet Marjorie
One of the paeony with cactus - panache blooms , Paeonia lactiflora‘Sweet Marjorie ’ volunteer medium to dark pinkish blooms that are cut and curve . It ’s one of the most eye - catching and striking early to mid - season peonies . Like many peonies , it can be left undisturbed for year in the landscape .
Size:28 - 30 inches tall and wide
Zones:2 - 7
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