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The magenta pink guard petals hug a thick cluster of soft pink to cream staminoids (inner petals). As the anemone shaped blooms mature, the softer pink becomes more dominant. The flowers have a lovely, sweet fragrance.
Mid to late season flowers on robust stems that are great for picking. This all time favourite was bred by Auten in In it took out the Gold for the American Peony Society. In it claimed gold for the Awarded of Landscape Merit.
Why not overindulge yourself and enjoy an abundant spring to summer display of intoxicating loveliness. Peonies look exotic and temperamental and yet they are remarkably hardy and grow well in chilly to temperate Australian gardens.
Peonies are vigorous, long unforgettable garden plants with prolific and opulent blooms. Their bushy growth and fruitful flowering look wonderful in the garden and of course they make the most wonderful cut flowers.
Bear in mind, you will have to be patient to enjoy the flowers of Herbaceous Peonies as they need a little time to build their roots – they have big blooms to fuel. But the hold on will be justified for many years to enter as they are extremely long lived and simple care once they are established.
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Peony &#;Gay Paree&#;
Description
Paeonia lactiflora 'Gay Paree'. Cheerful in appearance and easy to expand. Bright pink guard petals surround a striking centre of cream and pink petals. In time the centre whitens and the secondary buds repeat the show. The fragrant, medium sized flowers are prolonged lasting and do not require support.
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Product Details
Properties
- Colour palette
- Soft & spicy pink
- Flowering period
- From week 4 | Mid
- Flower form
- Anemone
- Plant size
- d| ↕︎ up to 90 cm | ↔︎ up to 90 cm
- Fragrance
- Softly scented
- Flower bud(s)
- One main blossom bud and some sidebuds
- Award(s)
- Award of Garden Merit 👑 Royal Horticultural Society
Award of Landscape Merit 🏆 American Peony Society
Gold Medal 🥇 American Peony Society - Ideal for
- The cutting garden
The landscape garden - no support - Position & soil
- Sunny and airy - soil well worked and not soggy
- Hardiness
- Fully hardy ºC or depending on snow cover
With sound "farmers" common sense we will have your peonies blooming.
Peony roots are certified by a plant passport. They are grown only in our nursery fields.
Paeonialactiflora 'Gay Paree'
peony 'Gay Paree'
An upright and bushy herbaceous perennial with attractive, dissected dark green foliage tinged red in spring Erect stems holding showy, spicily scented, saucer-shaped flowers with cerise pink outer petals and a large tufted centre of cream to light pink petaloids arrive in late spring and early summer.
Ultimate height
–1 metresTime to ultimate height
2–5 yearsUltimate spread
–1 metresMoisture
Moist but well–drainedpH
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
| Spring | Cream Pink | Leafy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Cream Pink | Green | |
| Autumn | Green | ||
| Winter |
Aspect
East–facing or South–facing or West–facing
Exposure
ShelteredHardiness
H6Botanical details
- Family
- Paeoniaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Potentially harmful
- Pets (dogs, cats): Skin irritant. For further knowledge and contact numbers regarding pets, see the HTA guide to potentially harmful plants
- Genus
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