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Hybrid Peony List

In 2009 choose from an incredible 73 kinds of hybrid peonies, making it one of the largest collections of hybrid peonies for sale available on the web. Be sure and check out the 2 Hybrid Collections that will save you 30% and more at the bottom of page 8! But hurry the sale ends April 30th! Hybrid Peonies are hardy garden perennials,the result of crossing two or more different species peonies.

Crusader  (Glasscock 1940) A large semi-double hybrid with 5 rows of scarlet red petals, strong 32" stems with dark green foliage. A vigorous, easy hybrid to grow. Early blooming with sturdy, upright stems with dark green foliage. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil. $29.95 [Add to Cart]

Cytherea GM/ALM SOLD OUT  (Saunders 1953) This is an exquisite double,pink hybrid from Dr. Saunders work. It bloms early mid-season. Semi-double; many rich, deep pink, strongly cupped petals are long, forming an almost closed ball, wider open at higher temperatures. Medium-low height, flowers set close to the bush. Splendid specimen in the landscape, a winner on the show table. A Saunders Lobata of Perry Hybrid. It has produced some seed so is fertile. APS Gold Medal in 1980 and 2009 APS Award of Landscape Merit Winner! A fine peony for the descriminating collector. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil. Sorry sold out as of April 10. Available next 2010 season. $0.00 [Add to Cart]

Dawn Glow  (Saunders/Hollingsworth 1986) Dawn Glow is an ivory petaled single hybrid with soft pink overtones. The flower is fragrant and bloom season is early. The plant is very fertile and the parent of many new peonies. 32" plants have large leaves and are somewhat spreading but strong. Plant in full sun. $24.99 [Add to Cart]

Dearest   (Pehrson/Hollingsworth 1992) Single hybrid, fertile tetraploid, greenish cream white petals edged and veined cool, sharp pink, stigmas and filaments pink, a new unique pattern for peonies, very early and very strong 34" stems. Useful for further hybridizing, fertile both ways, tetraploid. Dawn Glow is one of it's parents. The glossy reflective surface of the petals is a unique feature of this flower. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil. $24.95 [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]

Early Bird  (Saunders 1939) Dwarf plant, abundant, single bright crimson flowers above fern leaf foliage. A rare hybrid between the fern leaf peony P. tenuifolia and P. veitchii woodwardii, very early, usually blooming before the fern-leaf peony and right at the same time as the flowering crabapples. 20". Plant in full sun and well drained soil. $24.95 [Add to Cart]

Early Scout GM/ALM  (Auten 1952) Very early blooming single to semi-double hybrid has very dark crimson-red flowers above finely cut ferny foliage from its fern-leaf peony parent. 21" The plant will spread to form an impressive plant. APS Gold Medal Winner, and 2009 Award of Landscape Merit Winner! Plant in full sun in well drained soil. $22.99 [Add to Cart]

Edward Steichen  (Saunders 1941) Semi-double vivid dark red hybrid, large handsome flowers, lasts well, spreading habit, finest of this strain. Early 30" tall. Has produced an occasional seed which is rare for some of these Saunders hybrids. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. $24.95 [Add to Cart]

Firebelle  (Mains 1959) Firebelle is a very bright red semi-double to nearly full double hybrid. The glossy sheen to the petals is very attractive, early blooming on 30" stems it is both a great garden flower and a good cut flower. Plant in full sun. $29.95 [Add to Cart]

Flame  (Glasscock 1939) Flame a hybrid peony has medium to large single crimson-red flowers with a orange flame-like coloration in petals. Compact and free flowering hybrid, 26 - 32", early. Good cut flower. On sandy soils the color is a more coral pink. Strong stems never need staking. This variety will grow very quickly to make a large many flowered clump. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil. $24.99 [Add to Cart]

Hybrid Peonies are some of the earliest peonies to bloom after the tree peonies and species peonies. There are a variety of leaf forms from narrow cutleaf forms to large almost tropical looking huge leaflets that make selection of these hybrid peonies even more interesting. Hybrid peonies are often noted for their very strong stems which need no staking except for the largest double flowered forms. Because of this they make excellent landscape plants in the garden and cut flowers too. Those peonies with strong stems that do not require support in the garden are pointed out in the descriptions. You will find in our peony list many very difficult to find hybrid varieties. They exhibit all the flower forms found in our traditional garden peonies and tend to have a greater representation in the single and semi-double forms. In many cases the colors of hybrid peonies are more dramatic and unmatched in the regular garden peonies especially in the red, yellow, and coral colors. There are some strikingly beautiful doubles and very rarely are they found in the form called Japanese. The most striking example is the variety Walter Mains. Elegant hybrid flowers are found in colors from soft pastel lavender, fluorescent pink, coral, orange-red to vibrant cardinal red and yes even yellow which is found in it's brightest color among the intersectional peonies like Prairie Charm and the fragrant variety Yellow Crown.

Hybrid Peonies have some unusual parents involved in their genetic background and as a result they often have a very different root and crown structure. The most notable is when all the growing buds are clustered at the top a long and narrow crown which makes division very difficult. This also accounts for a smaller number of divisions from a single plant. Most all possess very strong stems and produce colorful peony bloom weeks ahead of the common garden peony varieties. The colorful hybrids are often in great demand by those looking for quality garden plants. Flower colors for the hybrid peonies vary from the brightest white to the darkest near black with vibrant reds, pastel pink, lavender, yellow, creamy pink and others with two tone coloration. Extend the peony bloom season with a selection of these hardy garden plants. The emerging foliage can be a stunning chocolate brown and seed pods with bright coral and steel blue seeds add interest later in the growing season adding to their garden value. Most bloom two weeks ahead of garden peonies providing color for a longer period of time in the garden. Because of their close relation to species peonies they all demand excellent drainage and none tolerate soggy soils so pick a spot just to their liking for success.