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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.

Alexander Fleming  (1950) Fragrant, bright pink, large double, sweet scent, very floriferous, an outstanding and very fragrant midseason variety. At 38" tall it has plenty of stem length to be used as a cut flower variety and is often used to provide that wonderful peony fragrance in a bouquet with varieties lacking in a strong scent of their own. It's extra vigor is admired by all who grow it as it provides plenty of fragrant blooms to share with friends and family. Plant in full sun. $19.99 [Add to Cart]

Annisquam NEW for 2010!  (Thurlows and Stranger 1951) A very large globular fragrant double blooms of a soft non-fading blush pink. Petals are broad and rounded forming a cup shaped flower of smooth attractive appearance. It's smooth attractive appearance and great cut and garden qualities make this Gold Medal winner a popular choice. Midseason, 32". Planted in front of our home it has been a dependable bloomer for many years. Plant in full sun. $24.99 [Add to Cart]

Bouquet Perfect NEW for 2010!  (Tischler 1987) Bouquet Perfect is a double, bright, solid pink anemone formed peony. The cheerful blooms are 4 -5" perfect for floral work. Midseason bloom on strong 24" stems. Mildly fragrant too. Very attractive garden plant and one that attracts a lot of attention with its neat and trim blossom appearance. Plant in full sun. $24.99 [Add to Cart]

Burma Ruby GM/ALM  (Glasscock 1951) APS Gold Medal and 2009 APS Award of Landscape Merit Winner! A single, bright red hybrid with a little purple in the background that gives it an extra brilliance, very early blooming. A generous bloomer with large petals forming a cup shape set off by the deep green foliage. The added bonus is that it has a pleasant fragrance too! Plant in full sun in well drained soil. $26.99 [Add to Cart]

Chestine Gowdy  (Brand 1913) Aahh! What a wonderfully fragrant, late, full double. With a bright rose pink center and guard petals separated by a collar of cream colored petals it creates a unique effect. 26" tall. In a bouquet this is just heavenly for the fragrance. Use it genorusly along a fence for a plentiful supply of blooms to share with friends and family. Plant in full sun. Quantity   1 - 2     3+   Price $19.99 $17.99 Extremely popular fragrant variety! [Add to Cart]

Coral Fay  (Fay 1973) Fragrant, radiant pink with coral overtones, semi-double, very early blooming, fern-like foliage from its parentage of the fernleaf peony and the famous P. peregrina. Very floriferous on strong 30" stems. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. $19.99 [Add to Cart]

Diana Parks  (Bockstoce 1942) It's love at first sight for most people when they see this huge, fragrant, bomb shaped brilliant, glittering carmine red blooms with a hint of orange on this hybrid peony with 42" stems. Splendid texture and color. Very fragrant, late. I can’t imagine being without this wonderful double flowered hybrid. Make sure it is planted in an area with good drainage as with all peonies they do not like wet soggy soil. $29.95 [Add to Cart]

Doreen  (Sass 1949) The large rounded light rose-pink outer petals cradle a center of pink and yellow staminodes. The fragrant Japanese type flowers blooms Mid to Late-mid, season on strong 32” stems. A very distinct and striking peony for your garden. Plant in full sun. $19.99 [Add to Cart]

Doris Cooper GM  (Cooper 1946) Double light pink of beautiful form and color late season to go with the many double whites that bloom late season. Tall with good stems. APS Gold Medal Winner! Plant in full sun. $24.99 [Add to Cart]

Duchesse de Nemours  (Calot 1856) Fragrant double white, popular cut flower blooms early for a white, large cupped guard petals, very floriferous with strong stems. Still a valuable plant after over 150 years. It produces an abundance of blooms and if you wish to have larger blooms simple remove the small side buds before they reach green pea size. Plant in full sun. Quantity   1 - 2     3+   Price $19.95 $17.95 Fragrant, elegant white double. [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.