Hidden Springs Flower Farm
Spring Grove, MN 55974
(763) 218-4540
Mailing Address/Office:
Hidden Springs Flower Farm
813 Elm St.
Anoka, MN 55303-2823
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Fragrant Peony List
| Who can resist the attraction of fragrant peonies? Once you experience the delightful and delicious fragrances that vary from rose scented to hints of citrus you'll want to include a few in your garden to enjoy for many years. Fragrant peonies are the most popular kinds, and you can choose from 50 fragrant peony varieties for your garden! These fragrant sun loving garden perennials are impressive with their large flowers and bush like habit. |
  
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Garden Treasure GM/ALM (Hollingsworth 1984)
Gorgeous yellow Itoh intersectional hybrid of garden and tree peony parentage. It is semi-double to a full double bright yellow color with red flares at the base of the 20 - 50 petals. APS Gold Medal Winner and APS Award of Landscape Merit Winner! Very hardy and vigorous.
Plant in full sun. These are not small, unbloomed tissue culture plants but full size divisions from mature field grown plants that are true to type.
$99.50
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Gardenia (Lins 1954)
Loveliest large gardenia formed double blush white peony on strong 34" stems. Dark green leaves. Sweet mildly enchanting fragrance. A great show and garden flower. Blooms early midseason. Plant in full sun.
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Gay Paree (Auten 1933)
Outstanding, fragrant, vigorous, distinct cerise pink guard petals with a white rose flushed anemone center, dainty in effect. Dramatic contrast for your peony collection. Late-midseason on 40" stems. If you remove the side buds while they are pea-sized you will have a very beautiful much larger bloom. Leave the side buds on if you prefer an extended bloom season, but you should try to see how much larger the bloom gets by removing the sidebuds you'll be amazed. Plant in full sun.
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Hermione (Sass 1932)
Very fragrant, almost heavenly so, full double pink huge blossoms. If you long for the wonderful fragrance of flowers that has been bred out of so many of the modern plants this one will bring you back for another whiff of heavenly fragrance. Dont be afraid to bring a bloom inside as a cut flower as it is excellent for that purpose too. Plant in full sun. I really like this peony when I walk by in the garden and can smell it without having to stick my nose in the plant.
$19.99
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James Pillow (Pillow 1936)
James Pillow is our longest lasting peony when cut for use in a vase and provides a soft pleasing fragrance without overpowering. A double light pink with a distinctive flower blooms late on very tall strong stems. Can produce enormous blooms when side buds are removed. One of the longest lasting peonies as a cut flower. Plant in ful sun.
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Lady Alexandra Duff (Kelway 1902)
Superb semi-double to double blush lavender-pink flower with large center flower surrounded by smaller semi-double side blooms so a single stem makes a whole bouquet. Strong stems very floriferous with a graceful garden effect. Fragrant, midseason, 36" stems. Easily grown. Plant in full sun.
$19.99
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Laura Dessert (Dessert 1913)
Double Anemone form, may have a pink cast to petals and a distinct lemon yellow ball of petals when first open. Strong grower and quite generous bloomer. Holds color nicely when cut early and brought in for display where its fragrance can be admired. The foliage is a very healthy dark green. One of my top 10 personal favorites. Plant in full sun.
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| Many times we are asked, what fragrant peonies do we grow? We had a list of our own and with a great deal of researching many peony books both old and new and asking our customers to let us know which they thought were notable fragrant peony varieties in their gardens we have put together the following offerings. Add a few fragrant peonies to your garden to increase your pleasure and relaxation. Some of our favorite fragrant peonies include; Philomele, Moonstone, Alexander Fleming, Chestine Gowdy, and Laura Dessert. Myrtle Gentry is considered by many to be the most fragrant. Those who prefer a peony with a clear true red color can choose from Diana Parks or Henry Bockstoce two fantastic hybrid doubles that are very fragrant. Consider the Fragrant French Peony, Madame Calot for the French Country Garden, Lady Alexandra Duff which is a beloved variety in English Gardens, and Hermione which I wish was in bloom all year long. Many antique varieties from France like, August Dessert, Mme de Verneville and Mme Emile Lemoine are deliciously fragrant. These peonies were selected as cut flower varieties for people who wanted them to be brought indoors and enjoyed not just for their color but fragrance also. Don't limit yourself to the doubles but consider some of the unusual forms and color combinations of fragrant peonies like Butter Bowl and Pink Hawaiian Coral. Sea Shell, an APS Gold Medal winner is noted for it's pleasant fragrance and is one of the few singles that make a great cut flower. It also received the Award of Landscape Merit for 2009!
As you may guess not all people agree on which peonies are the most fragrant. My favorite fragrant peony? I hate to pick one but those at the top of my list would be Moonstone and Madame Calot for classic form, Laura Dessert and Philomele for rarity of colors and form, and Myrtle Gentry for the most strongly fragrant in our garden. |
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