Grow tree peonies and you ’ll enjoy some of the most opulent flowers a garden can put up . Check out these top picks from Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree peony expert Lee Gratwick .
About Tree Peonies
Bearing stronger stems – and often big flower – than their more vernacular bush full cousin , Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree paeony are like royalty in the flower humanity . Most varieties are fearless in Zones 4 - 8 , can extend to 6 feet tall and broad ( or so ) , and develop best infull sunand moist , well - drained soil rich in constitutional affair . They do n’t typically require pruning , but if it becomes necessary to control their size of it , the dear time to do it is in the spring , right after they cease blossom .
Tree Peony ‘Hana Kisoi’ (‘Floral Rivalry’)
Deserving of its name , which translates as ' Floral Rivalry ' , this tree peony blossoms into a nest of prom - pink , crape - papery petals that blush darker toward the blossom ’s heart .
Tree Peony ‘Impumon’
With fiery flower like no other tree peony , ' Impumon ' tends to remain modest in stature , but its throbbing red petals ca n’t help but turn heads . Lee Gratwick like to call the color " true red . " It ’s a hue seldom catch in theperennial garden .
Tree Peony ‘Sakura Jishidi’
Each petal on this Nipponese tree peony has a crinkled , wavy bound , giving it profoundness and loudness . pallid pink at the tips , the flower petal darken to a glowing raspberry toward the primal nest of stamens .
Tree Peony ‘Gessekai’
This Nipponese Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree peony opens its immense , luminous , pure snow - white single blossoms to reveal a heart of gold stamen . It glows at dusk .
Tree Peony ‘Age of Gold’
One of the original American tree peonies , the pale flaxen yellow-bellied flower petal of this A.P. Saunders hybrid are streaked with reddish flares in the center to give it profundity and identity .
Tree Peony ‘Chinese Dragon’
Beautiful in its tightly knit increment habit , the fine cut , lacy foliation of ' Chinese Dragon ' blushes bronze . Rather than contrasting the flowers , the farewell accent the single sundown - pink blossom .
Tree Peony ‘Black Pirate’
Extremely floriferous and strike for the demarcation between its apple dark-green leaves and ruby-red blossoms , the ' Black Pirate ' flowers are dark burgundy .
Tree Peony ‘Thunberbolt’
Illustrating how attractively tree peonies can immix into any garden setting , ' Thunderbolt ' sends a bam of recondite Burgundy wine into its surroundings . This diverseness is make love for its floriferous nature .
Tree Peony ‘Companion of Serenity’
With a flair for names , Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree peony stock breeder William Gratwick III created a group of tree unlike anything grow before . This early - blooming I has pallid pinkish blooms with red flare in the ticker — typical of his brilliance .
Tree Peony ‘Captain’s Concubine’
Like tattered butterfly stroke wing , each petal of this profuse blooming hybrid by William Gratwick III has profoundly cut boundary . The flower petal are creamy pink near the tattered edges but combust darker as they approach the warmheartedness .
Tree Peony Chugai Seedling
Lee Gratwick pull through many seedlings with spectacularly beautiful flowers . This Chugai seedling was never named , but its immense stems bear tissue paper - thin pinkish flowers .
Tree Peony ‘Gauguin’
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree peony stock breeder Nassos Daphnis diagnose hybrids for Greek gods as well as painters . He felt that this hybrid , with its pink netting overlaying yellow petals , was reminiscent of French painter Paul Gauguin ’s pallet .
Tree Peony ‘Pluto’
nominate for the god of the underworld , this Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ’s mysterious bolshie was the benighted colour that Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree peony breeder Nassos Daphnis achieved . Daphnis compose that when the light hit the petals , the essence is reminiscent of stained glass .
Tree Peony ‘Leda’
This cheerful garden pink Nassos Daphnis hybrid has become one of the most popularly farm tree peonies in the United States . A vigorous grower and fertile bloomer , its efflorescence coloration is distinctive of the many nuanced hues reach by Daphnis .
Tree Peony ‘Hephestos’
Named for the Greek god of fire , ' Hephestos ' is a smoulder brick red with frilly prime against green , deeply serrate farewell .
Tree Peony ‘Tria’
With buttery yellow , open - face blossoms , ' Tria ' blooms early in the time of year , but this Nassos Daphnis hybrid is so floriferous that it continues into midseason .
Tree Peony ‘Oread’
What Nassos Daphnis achieved when he play with tree paeony was a compounding of colors in each petal . Midseason - bloom ' Oread ' is a serious example , with chiffon - pink petals cloud-covered with blush redness .
Tree Peony ‘Sappho’
Nassos Daphnis describe this vigorous tree diagram paeony with clear green leafage for the Hellenic poetess . He described the undivided flower as purple verging on crimson — as the light moves through the day , the petal reveal both shades .
Tree Peony ‘Light Demetra’
This shine tree peony blossoms in a paler shade of daybreak xanthous than Nassos Daphnis ' hybrid ' Demetra , ' earning it the name ' Light Demetra . '
Tree Peony ‘Isadora’
Nassos Daphnis call this " the most strange flower " after creating the fragrant pratfall named for terpsichorean Isadora Duncan . chicken with a red overcast and a burgundy heart , the heyday alter hues as it suppurate .
