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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.

Postillion  (Saunders 1941) Very brilliant enormous flat cup shaped, deep scarlet crimson blooms that can be as large as 10“ across on 42“ tall stems with dark glossy green foliage. Early. A Saunders Hybrid. $24.99 [Add to Cart]

Princess Margaret  (Marawska 1960) Large full double dark pink has an open cup shape that sheds water fairly well allowing the plant to be more resistant to falling over in the garden after rain. When cut and used in a vase it has a most pleasant fragrance which makes it a very popular flower. It blooms early to midseason on 30" stems. $22.95 [Add to Cart]

Raspberry Sundae  (Klehm 1968) Double bomb soft raspberry and white blend, blooms early mid season, sweet fragrance. With 36" tall stems it is great for cutting. I would advise staking it in a garden setting as the generous blooms stress the strength of the stems. Quantity   1 - 2     3+   Price $18.95 $17.00 [Add to Cart]

Red Charm GM  (Glasscock 1944) Incredibly intense pure red color and strong flower stems make this bomb shaped, early blooming, long lasting hybrid a garden sensation. No fuchsia or purple tones. 36" tall stems. APS Gold Medal winner. $26.99 [Add to Cart]

Seashell GM  (Sass 1937) Incredibly large satiny lilac-pink single blooms born over a very long season as side buds continue the show. Great cut flower too! Midseason, 4' tall. Free flowering and vigorous. An APS Gold Medal Winner. Plant in full sun. Quantity   1 - 2     3+   Price $19.99 $17.99 [Add to Cart]

Soft Salmon Joy  (Klehm 1995) Salmon pink single with a double row of petals. 5 1/2" bloom are slightly fragrant, strong 32' stems, midseason bloom. Plant in full sun. $24.99 [Add to Cart]

Sweet May SOLD OUT  (Saunders 1957) A rare Saunders hybrid. Single salmon pink hybrid, early, 24". This Quad hybrid with four species in its background is in limited supply. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil. $0.00 [Add to Cart]

A. B. Franklin SOLD OUT  (Franklin 1928) A.B. Franklin is a late blooming peony. This large, double blush peony is fragrant. When the flower first opens it is a bright blush pink and then changes to a white, very lovely flower of beautiful form. Developed by Mr. Franklin in Minnesota. Although the 31” stems are strong they should be given some support because of the large blooms. APS Gold Medal Winner! Plant in full sun. $0.00 [Add to Cart]

Bess Bockstoce SOLD OUT  (Bockstoce 1955) Early blooming, incredibly fragrant bright pink hybrid is quite rare. Hard to find the real thing as many times Rose Heart a related plant was often sold as Bess Bockstoce. The fully double flowers of Bess Bockstoce are held on strong 32" stems that require no staking in the garden. A well drained soil in a sunny garden location is best for this variety. This is the real thing, a clear pink flower throughout it’s bloom, so those who have been nudging me to release some now is your chance. Delightfully fragrant like roses. When our supply is sold out that will be it for another 4 years until we rebuild stock. $0.00 [Add to Cart]

Majestic Rose SOLD OUT  (Franklin 1953) Some gardeners just like to have their flowers big and this is one of those varieties that will give you that potential. Majestic Rose peony is a fragrant, very large flat double rose pink bloom with outer petals that reflex. It is a late bloom season selection with strong stems that naturally because of the large blooms should be supported none-the-less. Plant in full sun. Please note that demand is always very strong for this variety when offered. $0.00 [Add to Cart]

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.