We truly believe Peony 'Garden Treasure' to be the very best Peony that money can buy! This rare hybrid between a border peony and a tree peony is very much sought after for its floral display, statuesque habit and fragrance. Expect more than 50 highly scented blooms each year once plants have matured. These top-performing peony plants just keep on going, lasting 40 years or more under ideal conditions. Plants give a statuesque, upright, tree peony. Height 100cm (39). Spread 75cm (30).Culinary note: The petals can be added to salads, or cooked slightly and sweetened for a treat. Peony water was also once considered a delicacy and the blooms can be floated in punches. For more details about edible flowers click here.
A patriotic mix with blooms up to 10cm (4in) across. Pollenladen flowers will attrract bees and butterflies. Height 90cm (36in).
Peony ?Miss America? brings unbridled glamour to herbaceous borders and large containers. Her distinctive semi-double white blooms and contrasting golden stamens create a showy display against the dark green foliage.
There are few plants that can compete with the beauty of a tree peony in full bloom. A mature plant can boast in excess of a hundred exotic blooms, each measuring up to 25cm (10) or more in diameter! These exceptional shrubs are hardy and disease resistant, and will continue to bloom for a lifetime.
Herbaceous Peonies will last a lifetime in your garden; giving late spring displays of show-stopping, ruffled blooms each year for the minimum of effort! Plant them into the middle of herbaceous borders, where they will add structure and of course, rich colours.
Tree Peony 'Jing Yu' is a flowering deciduous shrub that has scented, large white flowers, in April and May. It will grow in time to 1.5 metres, making it a good sized shrub for medium sized gardens. Planted near to a Rhododendron with purple or pink flowers, it makes a great contrast. Paeonia suffruticosa are best planted in a sunny or partial shade position. Height and spread: 1.5m (5').
If you are looking for a flowering hardy shrub with pink flowers, then Tree Peony'Tao Hong Fei Cui' is a perfect choice. It has beautiful soft pink flowers that are about the size of dinner plates! Native to China it is ideal for oriental style gardens, but is also suitable for other types of garden, such as cottage gardens. It is deciduous and disease resistant, with up to 100 flowers on mature specimens. Very easy to maintain and will give years of pleasure, each spring. Height and spread: 150cm (60).
Native to China, Tree Peonies are much loved for their bold, late spring flowers, with up to 100 blooms on mature specimens. Tree Peony 'Xue Ta' is a white flowered variety, and looks impressive planted alongside other Tree Peonies, with different coloured flowers, in wide garden borders in various types of garden from oriental to cottage. Deciduous, it is hardy and likes a sunny or partial shade position. Height and spread: 150cm (60).
Rare hybridSuperb cut flowerA rare cross between an herbaceous peony and a tree peony has created this stunning intersectional hybrid. The result is a statuesque Itoh Peony with an upright bushy habit, and long lasting golden, cup shaped blooms reminiscent of its tree peony parentage. Peony 'Everlasting Treasure' makes a captivating addition to herbaceous borders and a superb cut flower. Height: 75cm (30). Spread: 150cm (59). Supplied as 2/3 eye bareroot.Culinary information: The petals can be added to salads, or cooked slightly and sweetened for a treat. Peony water was also once considered a delicacy and the blooms can be floated in punches. For more details about edible flowers click here.
Tree Peony 'Luoyang Hong' is a gorgeous spring flowering shrub with large showy flowerheads up to up to 25cm (10) in diameter. The petals are magenta pink, with yellow stamens in the centre. Deciduous, but hardy and disease resistant it prefers a sunny or partial shade position and looks great, alongside other varieties of Paeonia suffruticosa, in garden borders. As a native of China, it is a perfect plant for oriental style gardens, but equally at home in a traditional British cottage garden. Height and spread: 150cm (60).
A familiar sight in many cottage gardens, peonies are well known for their delightfully colourful displays in late spring. Peony ?Candy Strip? goes above and beyond this however due to the impressive marbling effect the large blooms have; boasting both pink and white mixed together to produce a magnificent striping effect. Given plenty of help from plant support to help hold the blooms aove the foliage, this hardy plant will just get bigger and better every single year. Height: 90cm (35?). Spread: 90cm (35?).
This stunning hardy perennial is a real 'must' for the cut flower garden - its long stems are topped with exotic-looking double blooms in a remarkable blend of yellow and apricot with a pinky-purple blush on the edges of the showy petals. Fragrant flowers appear from May, bridging that gap between spring and summer.