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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 59 different hybrid peony varieties the largest offering on the web! They grow best in 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 Alexander Woollcott   (Saunders 1941) Peony Alexander Woollcott an early blooming hybrid has a semi-double glossy, crimson red flower that is a bright cardinal red. The flowers are held on 24 - 30" stems with dark glossy green foliage and hold the cup shaped flowers upright. The vivid color does not fade until petal fall. A cross between Marie Jacquin and P. peregrina (lobata)it is one of the famous hybrids of Dr. Saunders. The garden display created when in bloom is incredible. If I was limited to only 10 peonies this one would be included in that special group. Week 4 bloom date rating. $44.95 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Angelo Cobb Freeborn   (Freeborn 1943) Peony Angelo Cobb Freeborn is a bright red hybrid double very popular for it's unusual bright coloring. We think it is what we would call a bright red with coral undertones. Midseason bloom, tall with clean foliage. Compact growing. Week 5 bloom date rating. $21.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Belle Center NEW FOR 2013!  (Mains 1956) Peony Belle Center is a semi-double hybrid with cup-shaped blooms and deep mahogany-red petals and bright yellow stamens. The color holds well in the garden. Early season bloom is dramatic when paired with white or pale yellow flowered neighboring plants. Height 30 inches. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Week 4 bloom date rating. $24.99 [Add to Cart for Fall 2013 Shipping.]

Peony Bob   (Tischler 1998) Peony Bob a dark black-red hybrid was chosen by Bob Tischler as his namesake. Winner of the Grand Prize-Queen of the Show Peony at the 2011 National Peony Show in Wilsonville, Oregon. A semi-double to full double black red hybrid it may display a Japanese form until established. Large flowers on strong stiff stems, excellent foliage. Early season bloom. The flower can be double or it can have a Japanese form or even both types on the same plant. There is a unique almost fluorescent purple color on the back base of the petals highlighted by a white basel flare. With a Week 3 bloom date rating puting it nearly 2 weeks ahead of other double hybrids like Red Grace you can enjoy the wonderful full form and exotic color in your garden much earlier. $79.95 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Bravura   (Saunders 1943) Peony Bravura is a brilliant true crimson red colored early blooming Saunders' hybrid peony with a large cup shaped bloom. CConsidered a single it has an extra row of petals with a light yellow center. A compact 25" tall it requires no support in the garden. Very early blooming, medium green foliage. Very quick to establish it makes a nice display in the garden with its vibrant true red colored blooms. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Week 3 bloom date rating. $21.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Bright Knight   (Glasscock 1939) Very rarely offered Peony Bright Knight is a large single hybrid peony flower that has a bright, true red color with an orange cast that makes it light up the garden with hot color. Early to bloom the very large flowers are held on strong stiff stems above dark green foliage. Strong grower that requires no support in the garden. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Week 4 bloom date rating. $26.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Buckeye Belle GM/ALM   (Mains 1956) American Peony Society Gold Medal and Award of Landscape Merit Winner! Peony Buckeye Belle always amazes people with it's deep mahogany, black-red, cup shaped semi-double flowers. It is a wonderful hybrid blooming very early. The cup shape holds a center of gold to accent the dark flower petals. Top notch cut flower and very nice foliage all season long. The 30" stems hold the flowers upright without any additional support making it a great choice for landscaping. Fantastic dark green upright foliage adds to it's neat appearance in the garden. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Week 4 bloom date rating. $24.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Burma Ruby GM/ALM   (Glasscock 1951) Peony Burma Ruby is highly awarded with both the APS Gold Medal and Award of Landscape Merit! A single, bright red hybrid with a little purple in the background that gives it an extra brilliance, 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. Week 4 bloom rating. $26.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Campagna   (Saunders 1941) Peony Campagna is a brilliant single white hybrid with a goblet shaped bloom with green shadows and no pink tones. Remarkable clear opaque white color is a perfect background for the gold center. A triple hybrid. lacti x (off. x mac). This rare Saunders hybrid is very choice plant for those looking for a very pure white to place in a white theme garden that blooms early in the peony flowering season. Prefers a sunny well drained site for best performance. Week 3 bloom date rating. $26.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Carol   (Bockstoce 1955) Peony Carol has huge double, rich velvety red blooms with large petals arranged as a rosette, these large flowers need support, great show flower and cut, early midseason bloom on strong stems, 28" - 34" tall. Cut them for use in a georgeous arrangement in a vase. Outstanding color and full form. When dried the flower is a deep velvet red. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Week 5 bloom date rating. $24.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Coral Charm GM   (Wissing 1964) Peony Coral Charm has warm tropical coral tones with a cupped old fashion rose shaped bloom are awesome in the spring garden. Very vigorous hybrid, semi-double, early, 36". APS Gold Medal winner. Lovely cupped shape, semi-double blooms of coral peach coloring. Strong stems and wonderful flower color make this a fine garden plant. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil. Week 5 bloom date rating. $24.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Coral Fay   (Fay 1973) Peony Coral Fay is a 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. Week 4 bloom date rating. $24.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Coralie   (Saunders 1940) Peony Coralie is a rare Saunders hybrid with very large single crepe-like blooms of a glowing coral pink color. Peony Coralie is a "lobata of Perry" hybrid that has the genes for the fantastic bright coral pink colors that were unknown in the common garden peonies that form the backbone of most garden peonies. Earlier blooming it is an outstanding addition to the border. It has large pointed buds that make it easy to pick out in the field as the flower approaches bloom season. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil. Week 4 bloom date rating. $29.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Crusader NEW FOR 2013!  (Glasscock 1940) Peony Crusader is 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. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil. Week 4 bloom date rating. $24.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Diana Parks   (Bockstoce 1942) Peony Diana Parks. It's love at first sight for most people when they see this big, fragrant, bomb shaped brilliant, glittering carmine red blooms with a hint of orange on this hybrid peony with 38" stems. Splendid texture and color. Very fragrant. 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. Week 5 bloom date rating. $34.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Early Scout GM/ALM   (Auten 1952) Peony Early Scout is a very early blooming single to semi-double hybrid that 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 and Award of Landscape Merit Winner! Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Week 2 bloom date rating. $21.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Edward Steichen  (Saunders 1941) Peony Edward Steichen a semi-double vivid dark red Saunder's 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. Foliage is a chartreuse color when first emerging adding to it's garden interest. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Week 3 bloom date rating. $24.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Firebelle NEW FOR 2013!  (Mains 1959) Peony 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. A popular variety in Canada it is hard to find in the US. Week 4 bloom date rating. $28.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Flame   (Glasscock 1939) Peony 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 and brighter red on loam and clay soils. Strong stems never need support. This variety will grow very quickly to make a large many flowered clump. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil.Week 4 bloom date rating. $21.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 shipping.]

Peony Friendship ALM  (Glasscock-Falk 1955) Peony Friendship is a special hybrid single of pink with white edges, blooms early with flowers held just above the compact 24" plants of impeccably good plant habit. Award of Landscape Merit winner! Single pastel pink, early midseason, 32" tall. Fertile second generation hybrid. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil. Week 4 bloom date rating. Only a dozen plants are available this year as we prepare to rebuild our stock. $19.99 [Add to cart for fall 2013 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.