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Paeonia 'Shirley Temple'
Superlative in every way and one of the best of all garden peonies! Huge fragrant double flowers opening a beautiful pale blush pink and soon changing to purest white. If grown in partial shade, the flowers will retail their pinky hue for longer and will also be darker on the shady side of the flower than on the sunny side! An outstanding variety for cutting, the plants have a solid upright habit with firm stems and good foliage which colors well in the autumn. Grows to approx 90cm in height and is also one of the last peonies to flower.
Paeonia 'Festiva Maxima'
One of the most enigmatic of peonies with large double white flowers that have random crimson flecking a bit like raspberry ripple ice cream. Every flower is unique and the amount of red flecking will vary from season to season so you never quite know what to expect! One of the very old and very famous french fragrant peonies, excellent for cutting with its strong stems and dark green lustrous foliage. A thoroughly excellent and reliable peony. Can be quite tall to 95cm so may need staking in a windy garden. (Miellez 1851).
Paeonia 'Jan Van Leeuwen'
Stunning and very unusual! This wonderful peony in the "japanese" style is an absolute favourite of ours, with large single flowers of purest white without any sign of pink. In the centre of each bloom is a crest of bright yellow much narrower petals, punctuated with bright green carpels which are the potential seed pods. Distinctly this is also one of the very few peonies where the emerging shoots in the spring are bright green, rather than the pinky red "dear rosy snouts" as described by Gertrude Jekyll the famous 19th centruy garden designer. Attains around 90cm in height and rarely needs staking. (Van Leeuwen 1928).
Paeonia 'Bowl of Love'
Ideal for those impatient gardeners (and who isn't) who just cannot wait to see wonderful peony flowers as soon as possible!
This is a Bowl of Beauty's little brother! It's a charming smaller version of one of the best known of all peonies. Saucer shaped flowers with bright pink petals that form a cup holding a centre of frothy much narrower pale cream petals. A really free flowering and fragrant peony, producing compact mounds of foliage up to around 75cm in height so that staking is rarely necessary.
Paeonia 'Miss America'
This truly marvellous semi-double peony opens blush pink and quickly turns white whilst retaining a yellow glow at the base of the petals. With strong stems and a strong sweet fragrance, this is one of the best of all garden peonies, elegantly forming a bushy plant up to about 90cm in height. (Mann-van-Steen 1936).
Paeonia Early Windflower
Paeonia 'Early Windflower' (Saunders). This exqusite little peony is the counterpart to "Late Windflower" and flowers about 10 days earlier. Beautiful medium sized white flowers with exquisite charm which are borne freely. Pale green very dissected foliage; a very fresh verdure. An early peony, flowering in late April and early May. Ht. 75-90 cms. One of the gems of the spring garden, thriving well in a shady spot, and is one of the most reliable early flowering peonies.
Paeonia 'General MacMahon'
A classic nineteenth century french peony. Usually described as deep solferino red this is an intriguing colour aptly describing it's large globe shaped double flowers which seem to glow from within, and are excellent and long lasting when picked and displayed in a vase. The foliage is deep green and is distinctly ribbed. Growing to around 90cm in height this is a handsome and dramatic peony which tends to flower quite late in June making an ideal one to prolong the peony season. (Calot 1867)
Paeonia 'Duchesse de Nemours'
This grand old lady is one of the oldest peonies, bred in France in 1856, and it is certainly the most famous double white peony grown in thousands of gardens around the world. Large double flowers with incurving petals of pure white that are lemony green at the base. Free flowering and highly scented, it is also one of the earlier flowering peonies generally opening in early June so it is an excellent choice for prolonging the flowering season.This is a shorter variety growing to approx 85cm making it a great choice for a windy garden. (Calot 1856).
Paeonia 'Florence Nicholls'
A very large double peony, exquisite form and an intoxicating sweet scent. The petals are broad and wide, the flower opening blush pink and paling around the edges to pure white. Height to around 90cm. This is a really great peony for the border, excellent for cutting. (Nicholls 1938)
These are premium grade 3-5 eye field grown plants, of which a high proportion will flower in their first year. Smaller 2-3 eye plants frequently offered elsewhere may sometimes take several years to flower.
Paeonia 'Nymphe'
Single peonies often thrive better in shade than their more blowsydouble counterparts and this lovely cultivar is one of the very best. Pretty single flowers of apple blossom pink which are delightfully fragrant. A free flowering peony which quickly forms a sturdy plant smothered with blooms. This is a later flowering variety which grows to around 90cm in height and has particualry good weather resistance. (Desert1913).
Paeonia 'Bridal Gown'
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This stunning combination of romance and drama, this peony is everything that its name evokes. The most beautiful bomb shaped double flowers of purest white often with a hint of cream in the centre. Fragrant and with strong stems, a dependable peony for a cutting garden, growing to around 85cm in height.
These are premium grade 3-5 eye field grown plants, of which a high proportion will flower in their first year. Smaller 2-3 eye plants frequently offered elsewhere may sometimes take several years to flower.
Paeonia 'Red Charm'
Rather like a highly refined version of the endearing Cottage Garden Peony, this fantastic hybrid between P.lactiflora and P.officinalis has produced a sturdy plant with magnificent deep blood red double flowers. No noticable scent but a peony to make a statement with! Early flowering from the end of May which gives a marvellous opportunity to extend the peony season. Grows to around 80cm in height and rarely needs staking.
Paeonia 'Top Brass'
Beautiful large blowsy full double blooms. The outer petals are broad ivory white with an coloured explosion in the centre of the flower of ivory to canary yellow narrow petals. An immensely good doer in the garden and excellent for cutting. Grows to around 90cms in height but will rarely need staking. (Klehm 1968).
Paeonia 'Krinkled White'
Ideal for those impatient gardeners (and who isn't) who just cannot wait to see wonderful peony flowers as soon as possible!
A crushingly beautiful single white peony exhibiting a tinge of blush pink as the buds open. As the name suggests the petals are slightly crinkled at the edges. This early flowering peony is one of the shorter ones growing to just 80cm or so and makes a very worthy garden plant. (Brand 1928)
Paeonia Rosy Prospects
Gorgeous soft pink petals, deeply cut, giving the flower a unique appearance, raggedy but in a nice way!
Paeonia 'Mother's Day'
An exceptionally fine peony. Clear white double blooms which are wonderfully fragrant. Each flower is large and bomb shaped and the plant matures there will be more and more of them each year! A very good peony for cutting, the flowers lasting a long time in a vase. Grow to around 90cm in height an ideal peony for the back of the border.
Paeonia 'Catharina Fontijn'
If you want one of the best of all white peonies for cutting then this is one to plant! The buds are slow to open, teasing you with the promise of the wonderful display to come. They start off showing a pale pink blush but quickly turn to pure white. These large and beautiful flowers are both sweetly scented and long lasting making them really good for cutting. Although a taller growing peony often to around 95cm or so, it is a good one for the back of the border, and its strong dark stems mean that staking is rarely necessary. (Van der Valk 1952).
Paeonia 'Festiva Maxima'
One of the most enigmatic of peonies with large double white flowers that have random crimson flecking a bit like raspberry ripple ice cream. Every flower is unique and the amount of red flecking will vary from season to season so you never quite know what to expect! One of the very old and very famous french fragrant peonies, excellent for cutting with its strong stems and dark green lustrous foliage. A thoroughly excellent and reliable peony. Can be quite tall to 95cm so may need staking in a windy garden. (Miellez 1851).




















