Mailing Address/Office:
Hidden Springs Flower Farm
813 Elm St.
Anoka, MN 55303-2823

Fragrant Peonies

Our top 12 most fragrant peonies include; Philomele, Moonstone, Alexander Fleming, Chestine Gowdy, the yellow flowered anemone form variety with a hint of sweet citrus is Laura Dessert, Kelways Glorious truely is glorious in form and fragrance, Myrtle Gentry is at the top of many womens lists as the most fragrant while men prefer the vibrant true red colors found in Red Charm and Diana Parks two fantastic hybrid doubles that are very fragrant. Rounding out the dozen are 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 peonies with French sounding names like Madame Calot are deliciously fragrant. They were selected as cut flower varieties for people who wanted them to be cut, brought indoors and enjoyed not just for their color but fragrance also.

Seashell  (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. $19.99 [Add to Cart]

Walter Faxon  (Richardson 1904) As a cut flower there is no finer true pink, rich and dark with a sweet mild fragrance, medium large blooms are produced in abundance midseason. Left on the plant the blooms color will fade, especially in strong sunlight. The color has been described as a vivid pink of a luminous intensity. Delightfully fragrant it is one of my favorite pink peony doubles. Its moderate height of about 32” tall is wonderful to mix with tall beaded iris that are in bloom at the same time creating an artists garden worthy of painting. $24.99 [Add to Cart]

White Frost  (Reath 1992) This is just a superb hybrid peony with snow white rose-type flower with a heavy amount of bloom, fragrant, very strong 30" stems with 1-3 side buds. Late midseason. A seedling of the hybrid White Charm. Limited supply. $26.99 [Add to Cart]

Yellow Crown  (Itoh 1974) Brilliant full double yellow flowers are held above the exotic tree peony-like pointed foliage of this intersectional Itoh hybrid. One parent was a garden peony and the other was a yellow tree peony that created this sensational peony that is fragrant too as a bonus. The stems can look like a tree peony but the plants die to the ground every winter and produce a nice healthy blooming plant the next season from buds below the ground. $69.99 [Add to Cart]

Most single flowered form peonies do not have a nice fragrance because the pollen gives off what some describe as a bitter scent. It is far less common to find a fragrant double red peony than say a fragrant double blush peony. 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 form, and Myrtle Gentry for the most strongly fragrant in the garden.