
Peony
- Botanical Name
- Paeonia
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 3 feet
- Width
- 3 feet
- Flowers
- Late spring to early summer: white, red, coral, pink, salmon; single, double, anemone types; fragrant
- Fall Color
- Reddish, bronze
- Light
- Full sun (light shade)
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 3 feet apart
- Divide in fall after foliage dies, 3 to 5 eyes per division, plant eyes 2 inches deep
- Sanitation is the best control against leaf blights
- Problems
- Botrytis blight, phytophthora blight
- Varieties
- Flame - early, single rose-red flowers, dark green foliage
- Ivory Victory - bland of cream and white flowers
- Red Magic - red flowers with a spicy fragrance
- Susie Q - double pink, fragrant, 2 feet
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