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Hybrid Peonies

Hybrid Peonies are hardy garden perennials,the result of crossing two or more different species peonies. This year we offer an amazing 75 different varieties the largest offering on the web! They grow best and require a well drained soil and are not recommended for heavy clay soils. If you wish to grow them in such a location we suggest they be planted in a raised bed filled with at least a 12" depth of well drained soil composed of 1/3 black dirt , 1/3 sand and 1/3 peatmoss that is well mixed and slightly mounded in the center of the bed to further encourage good drainage.

Peony Rose Garland  (Saunders 1943) Peony Rose Garland is one of the rare reverse crosses made by Dr. Saunders where the seed parent was the P. perergina plant and the pollen used was from the lactiflora parent. It is a single deep rose colored hybrid with a compact dwarf growing habit. Week 5 bloom date rating. Plant in full sun. $22.95 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Rose Reverence  (Klehm 2000) Peony Rose Reverence is a relatively new introduction that has escaped notice. A pleasantly compact dark green foliaged 26 inch tall plant has strong stems supporting fragrant semi-double to double form blooms. The double blooms are welcome so early in the bloom season and the more finely cut leaves show its hybrid parentage. Week 4 bloom date rating. Plant in full sun. $24.95 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Roselette ALM  (Saunders 1950) Peony Roselette This large flowered single pink hybrid won the Award of Landscape Merit because of its dependable bloom and resistance to late spring freezes. It’s ancestry includes P. mlokosewitschii, P. tenuifolia and P. lactiflora. Week 3 bloom date rating. Plant in full sun. $24.95 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Scarlet O Hara ALM  (Falk-Glasscock 1956) Peony Scarlet O'Hara has very large single red cup shaped blooms on nearly 4 foot tall stems creates an impressive garden sight. Robust and vigorous hybrid with side buds for a long bloom season. Tall 40" strong stems. This creates quite a focal point in the garden with it's large bright blooms. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Award of Landscape Merit Winner! Week 4 bloom date rating. $24.95 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Serenade  (Saunders 1941) Peony Serenade This single blush hybrid has unusual roots that are purple in color. The pale pink blush blooms are nearly white and accented by a generous center of gold stamens. The broad leaves show its P. macrophylla heritage. Week 4 bloom date rating. Plant in full sun. $24.95 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Silver Dawn Mix  (Klehm) Peony Silver Dawn Advanced Generation Mix Of interest primarily to breeders because of continued fertility of this breeding line of early blooming hybrids. We grow six different clones and if you order more than one plant we will include separate forms. Blooms vary in color from ivory cream to pastel pink. Week 3-4 bloom date rating. Plant in full sun. $19.99 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Smouthi  (Smouth 1845) Peony Smouthi Fern leaf peony hybrid, Smouthi is fragrant! Bright crimson red single that fades to a bright pink before the petals fall. Very early blooming on plants with fine cut-leaf foliage that turns an attractive yellow in the fall. 24”tall. One of the oldest recorded hybrids it has been in cultivation for over 160 years! It's parents are the fernleaf peony and P. lactiflora. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil. Excellent strong plant habit. $24.99 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Strawberry Wine  (Saunders/Hollingsworth 2004) Peony Strawberry Wine was recently introduced the single early blooming red hybrid is fertile with pollen and seeds and is noted especially for the 28” wine red colored stems that persist throughout the growing season. The leaves turn a dark green as the spring progresses into summer.Week 4 bloom date rating. Plant in full sun. $24.95 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Tinkerbelle   (Krekler 1985) Peony Tinkerbelle an adorable single lavender pink with a lighter center creates an apple blossom effect. 12" early with very attractive blue-green foliage, shows its hybrid parentage. This plant may start to go dormant earlier in the fall especially in dry years. Plant in full sun and a well draned soil. Week 1 bloom date rating. $24.95 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Walter Mains GM   (Mains 1957) Peony Walter Mains is a large flowered Hybrid with a Japanese form of glowing red color, this hybrid is accented by the vibrant gold center. Show stopping blooms are held on strong stems, early in the peony bloom season. This APS Gold Medal winner will have cars slowing down to see what’s blooming in your garden. The Japanese form is very rare in Hybrid peonies and this one is most likely the best of them all. Week 5 bloom date rating. $26.95 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Windchimes  (Reath 1984) Peony Wind Chimes Lavender pink single tenuifolia hybrid. 35", early season. Blooms face outward. Some say it is a P. veitchii selection but as it produces seed reluctantly compared to the species I think it is indeed a hybrid. The seeds also are duller and larger than the species and the root structure is larger and entirely different than any of the many P. veitchii plants we grow and we have over 30 separate plants to compare it to. Regardless of whether it is a hybrid or not it is a very beautiful peony. $30.00 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Lemon Chiffon SOLD OUT  (Reath 1981) Peony Lemon Chiffon is perhaps the most important double yellow hybid in existence because it is fertile as a pollen or seed parent and produces double offspring. The strong stems easily hold the large nearly double blooms upright on 32” stems. These are large blooming size divisions that should bloom next year – not tissue cultured plants. If you are breeding yellow peonies this plant is a cornerstone plant to get you ahead of the curve. Some of the offspring seen from other breeders have been very impressive and we can hardly wait for our own first seedlings to bloom. Lemon Chiffon is the parent of the nearly impossible to find peony Pastelegance. Week 5 bloom date rating. Plant in full sun. $0.00 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Marie Fischer SOLD OUT  (Fischer 1973) Peony Marie Fischer is described as a buff-peach pink it is a lovely pastel early blooming single hybrid rarely encountered. Of great value for the breeding potential as it produces seed and its distinguished parent includes Moonrise the progenitor of many high quality peonies. Fragrant. Week 4 bloom date rating. Plant in full sun. $0.00 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Nosegay SOLD OUT  (Saunders 1950) Peony Nosegay is a second generation cross between the yellow Paeonia mlokosewitschii and the fern leaf peony it is perhaps one of the most charming of the very early blooming hybrids. It opens with a suffusion of “morning dawn colors” of pink and pale amber eventually fading to a creamy white as the petals mature. The leaves are attractively narrowed from its fern leaf parent. The red pistils and red lower stamens stems in the center of the flower add interest. Altogether charming. Week 3-4 bloom date rating. Plant in full sun. $0.00 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

Peony Athena SOLD OUT  (Saunders 1949) Peony Athena is back on our list for 2012 but in very short supply. Athena is a stunning patterned, early blooming single, apricot buff with rosy pink flares inside each petal. The strong 30" stems grow quickly in the spring and the flower has a pleasant,light fragrance. This is one of Professor Saunders' Quad hybrids involving 4 different peony species in its background. The foliage stays healthy all season. Plant in full sun. After our supply is sold this year the next offering will be fall 2013. Week 2 bloom date rating. $0.00 [Add to Cart for Fall 2012 Shipping]

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.