Peonies

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This year we have over 70 varieties of Peonies & 7 varieties of Tree Peonies            (Look for their own Tree Peony tab in Shop!)

  The ones listed below are sold as bare roots with 2 to 5 eyes. Choose varieties flowering in early, mid and late season to have blooms for up to 7 weeks. Many varieties make great long lasting cut flowers and many have a clean, fresh scent. Peonies prefer full sun or dappled light shade and are hardy from zone 2             (Itoh Peonies hardy from zone 3).
Most will take three to four years to get established fully (you might get a couple blooms the first Spring)                                      but will then last for decades with very little care. Deer resistant.                                          
Check the tab on Flower Care for planting instructions. 

Alertie

Alertie is a sibling of  Pecher and Noemi Demay. All three varieties have a lot in common, but differ in terms of the number of stems per plant and the length of those stems. Alertie has the longest stems of all three peonies.

Early season

$28


Angel Cheeks

APS Award of Landscape Merit           APS Gold Medal

Double row of pink guard petals, big full bloom, strong grower, big leaves, great for cut-flowers, wonderfully fragrant and with two awards under it's belt. What more can we say!

Mid season

$27


Bartzella (Itoh)

APS Award of Landscape Merit           APS Gold Medal                                         APS Best in Show                                      RHS Award of Garden Merit

Red infused petal markings at the base of lemon yellow flowers create a highlight to these large 6-8" blooms.

Mid season

$42


Best Man

Relatively rare and unusual herbaceous perennial with divided foliage and fragrant double flowers that are deep red with pinkish tones. 

Late season

$25


Bouquet Perfect

Larger guard petals are set off by the mound of serrated petals in the center, all held in pleasing symmetry. Best if planted at the front of the bed.

Mid season

SOLD OUT 

Bowl Of Beauty

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Bright and cheery pink outer petals with a center of spiky or fringed creamy petaloids. Exceptionally fragrant.

Early season

$25


Bridal Shower

A longtime favourite with floral designers, this elegant double bomb in pure white is framed by wide guard petals and has excellent stem strength.

Mid season

SOLD OUT

Candy Stripe

It's impossible not to think of peppermint candies with these white blooms streaked with red. Outstanding as a cut flower.

Mid season  

SOLD OUT

Catharina Fontijn

Plentiful side buds prolong the flowering time of this vigorous plant, which is a staple of the Dutch cut-flower industry. Wonderful fragrance.

Mid season

$25

Celebrity

Gigantic rose-pink blooms surround the white tufted centers of this aptly named beauty. It'll be the star of your long-running garden show with its delightful fragrance and attractive foliage.

Mid season

$27


Cora Louise (Itoh)

Very large 10" pure white flowers opening to reveal a magenta center with yellow stamens

Late mid season

$57

Coral Charm

APS Gold Medal APS Best in Show   RHS Award of Garden Merit     

The first variety introduced of the coral colours. Flowers open as an exotic, brilliant coral that fades to a softer yellower tone. During peak bloom, this makes for an outstanding display in your garden. Excellent cut flower.

Early season

$25


Coral Sunset

APS Award of Landscape Merit           APS Gold Medal         

The most spectacular coral flower so far. Deep coral tones mature to an elegant ivory. A delight to behold. Excellent cut flower.

Early season

$25



Cytherea

APS Award of Landscape Merit           APS Gold Medal                                              

Highly sought after with semi-double cherry rose petals, fading to pale peach with age.  Resembling a lotus.  Excellent cupped form on strong stems.

Early season

$32


Do Tell

APS Award of Landscape Merit           APS Gold Medal  

With a large number of side buds, this ravishing, long lasting Peony is a favourite of European gardens and makes an excellent fragrant cut flower.

Late season

$35


Dr Alexander Fleming

RHS Award of Garden Merit  

With a large number of side buds, this ravishing, long lasting Peony is a favourite of European gardens and makes an excellent fragrant cut flower.

Late season

$25

Duchesse De Nemours

RHS Award of Garden Merit    

For over 150 years this French beauty has graced our gardens. The Duchesse is known for it's purity of white colour, always stunning in bloom with a heady fragrance. A much loved old favourite for many generations.

Mid season

$25


Festiva Maxima

RHS Award of Garden Merit  

Another favourite for more than 170 years. These flowers are heavy and very full so require staking even though the stems are strong. Their tremendous fragrance brings back memories of old fashioned gardens.

Early season

$25


First Arrival (Itoh)

Early to bloom, showering the garden with large, 8 inch, rose-scented flowers in mid spring. Pink-lavender semidouble blossoms are stained a cranberry purple at the base of each petal that surround perfectly golden centers.

Early season

$62


Francois Ortegat

Intensely dark maroon red, almost a chocolate red. A prolific bloomer with a sweet scent make this heirloom variety a much loved choice for the garden. Originating from Belgium over 170 years ago, this beauty makes a bold statement.

Late season

SOLD OUT


Gardenia

Named after the Gardenia flower for it's sweet scent and shape of it's bloom. Very prolific with strong stems make this an excellent cut flower.

Mid season

SOLD OUT


Gay Paree

Incredibly beautiful anemone shaped blooms of cerise-pink outside and a creamy white interior. They have a wonderful fragrance. Strong stems make this an excellent cut flower.

Mid season

$26


Henry Bockstoce

Deep cardinal red with a satiny sheen entice you into the garden for a closer look. Wonderfully perfumed, the flowers are held well above the foliage making for a dramatic effect.

$35

Highlight

Truly a "highlight" in the garden, this aptly named specimen creates a scene thanks to deep burgundy-wine coloured, extra-large blooms that are well-supported by strong stems.

Late season

$35


Hillary (Itoh)

APS Award of Landscape Merit

A wonderful pop of colour to the garden. The huge flowers open red to dark pink and slowly fade to creamy red. Spectacular!

Mid season

$62


Honey Gold

Delightfully fragrant. Pale outer petals surrounding dark gold petalloids with further pale petalloids in the middle.

Mid season

$32


Jacorma

One of the last blooming Peonies of the season making it an important addition. Chewing gum pink, these blooms remain intense and bright as they mature. An excellent cut flower.

Late season

$27

Joker

A relatively new variety on the scene. Very exciting to watch it mature as it starts as a deep pink and then the inner petals grow lighter with age.

Mid season

$35


Julia Rose (Itoh)

A confection of colour tones on every flower. Opening to a cherry red, then matures to include a range of orange, copper, salmon, yellow and even creamy blends.

Mid season

$62



Kansas

APS Gold Medal    

Voluptuous watermelon-red with consistent symmetry. Strong reddish stems enhance the visual experience and hold the blooms well so staking is not needed.

Early season

$27



Karl Rosenfield

For more than 100 years this beauty has been a mainstay in many gardens. The merry tousle of petals makes for a very pleasing volume to each bloom. In Japan this variety is known as 'Beni-shinano'.

Mid season

$27


Kirinmaru

Unusual variety is sure to attract attention in the garden. Large, white flowers are streaked with raspberry-red hues. Gorgeous in the garden and fresh floral arrangements. Very fragrant.

Mid season

SOLD OUT

Kopper Kettle

Such a unique colour pattern! This elegant Itoh variety produces large, semi-double to double flowers that start out copper/rose maturing to gold with burgundy. Both colours are present on the clump at the same time and flowers are produced on the top AND sides of the plant, giving the appearance of an ornamental flowering shrub.

Mid season

SOLD OUT


Krinkled White

APS Gold Medal

This one is a standard that all other single whites are evaluated on. With strong stems this one stands up better to drought than others. For almost 100 years, Krinkled White continues to make a real statement.

Mid season

$25

Lady Alexandra Duff

RHS Award of Garden Merit

Celebrating 120 years, this old favourite is an outstanding producer of extravagant blooms. Long, strong stems and lightly fragrant, it makes an excellent cut flower.

Mid season

$27


Lady Orchid

Blossoms are large, wavy and slightly loose, giving it a very elegant appearance. With it's unique shade of lavender/pink this variety is highly sought after for bouquets.

Mid season

SOLD OUT


Lemon Chiffon

APS Best in Show

Warm pale yellow flowers have golden stamens peaking through the center. Pleasantly fragrant, the flowers begin as semidouble but increase in petal numbers for the first three years. No support is needed for these strong stems.

Early season

SOLD OUT 


Lillian Wild

Very large white flower with a compact rose type bloom. The size of the flower increases with the age of the plant becoming one of the largest and most double blooms.

Late season

$27


Lollipop (Itoh)

Very large, semi-double to double, golden apricot flowers with splashes of deep purple-pink, held on strong stems. This variety is highly sought after from collectors. Very hardy and easy to grow. Makes a wonderful border for flowers and foliage.

Mid season

$77


Lorelei

As the plant ages, the blooms become fuller and have a wonderful spicy fragrance. The original Lorelei of German folklore bewitched men with her singing and presence. Add this Peony to your collection to bewitch your garden guests.

Mid season

$69


Lovely Rose

APS Award of Landscape Merit

Semi double creamy rose pink fluted upright petals, with bright golden stamens.  A real knockout in the garden for over 80 years.

Early season

$33


Madame Calot

For more than 160 years this Peony has been present in our gardens. The very light old rose shading of outer petals mixed with creamy tones make this fragrant variety a must have staple. And it's super prolific too.

Early/Mid season

$33

Madame Emile Debatene

With bold and erect stems this plant stands straight to show off it's hot pink double blooms. At almost one hundred years old this heirloom variety has wonderful fragrance and makes a great cut flower.

Late season

$25

Many Happy Returns

APS Award of Landscape Merit           APS Gold Medal

Stunning in the garden and gorgeous in a bouquet this variety will be the envy of your garden. Starts as Japanese form but matures into a bomb-type double.

Mid season

$32

Miss America

RHS Award of Garden Merit                    APS Gold Medal

For almost 90 years this Peony has intrigued gardeners and has always been highly coveted.  The buds are soft pink that open to pure white and are delightfully fragrant.  A must have!

Early Mid season

$27

Monsieur Jules Elie

RHS Award of Garden Merit

From the late 1800's this plant has delighted us with huge balls of lively rose pink/lavender petals. It's fragrance very similar to roses. This variety is widely used as a cut flower. In Japan it is sometimes called 'Fuji'

Mid season

$27

Moon River

A compact plant with huge nicely formed 8" blooms. Very showy in the garden with it's pale pink luminous petals.

Mid season

$33

Morning Lilac (Itoh)

The large single to semi-double flowers are deep lavender pink with streaks of white and fuchsia, and darker in the center. Excellent vigour.

Mid season

$77


Myrtle Gentry

Often called the most fragrant Peony of all. Starts as a pale pink with a touch of salmon and matures to a creamy white. Huge flowers on strong stems, it is an excellent cut flower.

Late season

SOLD OUT


Nippon Beauty

Almost a century has passed since this Japanese beauty was introduced and it is still outstanding in any garden. An unusual flower with a golden center framed by deep garnet cupped petals.

$24

Paula Fay

APS Gold Medal

Among the first to bloom, this astoundingly beautiful semidouble has bright neon pink petals that open to reveal golden stamens. Nicely fragrant and on strong stems that do not require staking.

Early season

$23


Paul M Wild

Velvety, ruby-red, double blooms are displayed on the sturdy erect stems. A great cut flower and an excellent background plant for spring bulbs, or in mixed perennial and shrub borders.

Late season

$28

Pecher

An heirloom variety dating back more than 150 years, this variety offers double blooms of white and just a whisper of pink. When they are fully open you can see the faintest of red lines around theedge.

Mid season

$29

Peter Brand

A truly remarkable double heirloom peony that brings style and flair to your outdoor spaces. With its deep ruby-red blooms, dark and lustrous foliage, and tall, strong stems, it's no wonder this stately and sumptuous variety is sought after for every garden.

Early season

$33

Pink Double Dandy (Itoh)

Lovely shade of lavender pink but much darker towards the center.  Extremely prolific with long period of bloom time.

Mid season

$75


Pink Hawaiian Coral

APS Award of Landscape Merit           APS Gold Medal

Reddish pink/coral blooms exude a tropical aura and are the most fragrant of the coral-toned Peonies. A rose shape, it has lemon yellow stamens.

Early season

$29


Pink Parfait

Produces huge double soft pink flowers with nicely rounded guard petals all adorned with a silvery edge. Similar in shape and size to Sarah Bernhardt but with much stronger stems making it an excellent addition to the garden or as a cut flower.

Late season

$28



Primavere

Large, very fragrant bloom has an outer ring of creamy white petals surrounding a huge, soft butter yellow center. Strong stems, good cut flower.  

Mid season

$25

Purple Spider

Purple Spider is a striking peony with violet-pink petals that fade to white. This gives the blossoms a frosted look that adds to their romantic charm. A sweet fragrance and an excellent cut flower.

Late season

$29


Raspberry Sundae

A bright and cheerful pink underlaid with French vanilla and held aloft in bowl shaped pink guard petals. Each flower is a bit different from one another and all are delightful. Support is needed for these heavy flowers.

Mid season

SOLD OUT

Red Charm

APS Gold Medal                                          APS Best in Show

Massive blooms of sensational, crimson red petals. These plants make an bold statement to any garden so it's best to plant several in groupings for the most eye-catching appeal.

Early season

$35


Red Sarah Bernhardt

Not red at all but more of a cerise/purple colour. The rounded upright form and lush dark green foliage backs the stunning full bowl shaped double blooms, giving a stunning show in the garden.

Late season

$29

Riches And Fame

Strong compact habit of large semi-double purplish-red flowers. Nicely fragrant and highly prolific, this variety is sure to please.

Mid season

SOLD OUT

Sarah Bernhardt

RHS Award of Garden Merit

For over one hundred years this luscious, romantic pink Peony has stood the test of time. It is one of the most common Peonies grown in North America and for good reason. Highly prized as a cut flower, these fully double shell petals will surprise you with a touch of red every now and then. Perfectly fragrant, not too strong, not too mellow. If you can only grow one variety in your garden, this is the one.

Late season

$25

Scarlet Heaven (Itoh)

Large flowers of single deep scarlet petals showcased against dark green foliage.  Red flowering Itoh Peonies are rare and this one is considered one of the best; an outstanding performer.

Mid season

$77




Scrumdidleumptious (Itoh)

These plants have large showy blooms that are creamy yellow with blush pink edges. Very prolific bloomers once established. Hardy and easy to grow, Scrumdiddlyumptious is considered one of the most beautiful of the Itoh Peonies making it highly sought after.

Mid season

SOLD OUT




Seeing Blue

This special Peony really does have a bluish glow to the pale pink double petals. Fragrant blooms on tall sturdy stems make it excellent as a cut flower.

Mid season

$45



Shirley Temple

Lightly fragrant with blush white petals formed into rose type blooms, this is a superb flower in arrangements. The flower will fade to white as it matures and support is not normally needed.

Mid season

SOLD OUT 


Singing In The Rain (Itoh)

Pleasantly fragrant offering huge semi double blooms of apricot salmon.  Very long stems with multiple blooms make this one excellent for cutting.

Mid season  

$75


Sorbet

If you are looking for some wow factor in your garden, Sorbet can't be beat. Exquisite, large anemone shaped blooms with successive layers of pastel pink and creamy white. An exceptional cut flower.

Mid season

$32


Susie Q

Hot pink double wow! Not a tall plant but so much colour. A must for any garden and great for bouquets.

Late season

$32

The Fawn

One of the prettiest in the garden and a true favourite of many. Medium pink fully double petals with spots of dark burgundy red, similar to a fawn's coat. No two blooms are exactly the same. A good vigorous grower, it makes a great cut flower.

Late season

$32


Top Brass

A most unique Peony! A double on a double! When the bud opens, a thick, yellow ball appears between the ivory white petals; and on top of that ball, a new, smaller sphere sprouts that is a very pale pink.

Mid season

$28


Vogue

Huge 12"-14", fully double flowers of a creamy white/pink with silver shading.  Slow to mature, but well worth the wait.  Simply gorgeous.

Mid season

$33