Grow tree peonies and you’ll enjoy some of the most opulent flowers a garden can offer.
Check out these top picks from tree peony expert Lee Gratwick.
Lee Gratwick likes to call the color “true red.”
It’s a hue rarely seen in theperennial garden.
Pale pink at the tips, the petals darken to a glowing raspberry toward the central nest of stamens.
It glows at dusk.
Saunders hybrid are streaked with reddish flares in the center to give it depth and individuality.
Rather than contrasting the flowers, the leaves accent the single sunset-pink flowers.
This variety is known for its floriferous nature.
This early-blooming single has palest pink blooms with red flares in the hearttypical of his genius.
The petals are creamy pink near the tattered edges but burn darker as they approach the heart.
Tree Peony Chugai Seedling
Lee Gratwick saved many seedlings with stunningly beautiful flowers.
This Chugai seedling was never named, but its immense stems bear tissue-thin pink flowers.
Daphnis wrote that when the light hits the petals, the effect is reminiscent of stained glass.
Midseason-blooming ‘Oread’ is a good example, with chiffon-pink petals overcast with blush red.
Yellow with a red overcast and a burgundy heart, the flower changes hues as it matures.
