They bloom 5-10 days in late spring and early summer, bearing 3- to 6-inch-diameter flowers in a handful of shapes. Hardy in Zones 3-8, peonies are bushy plants, averaging 3 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Some peony foliage develops reddish fall color, adding another season of interest. Besides the blowsy blossoms, peony foliage makes a handsome dark green backdrop for later blooming annual and perennial flowers. Garden peonies (Paeonia lactiflora cultivars and hybrids) are herbaceous perennials with big, often perfumed, blooms in snow white to pink, magenta, crimson, lavender, salmon, primrose yellow, or even green. They’re also easy to grow and come up every year.” “The beauty of the flowers and variety of forms attract me. “Watching a peony shoot come up in spring is like watching a rocket rise out of a silo in slow motion,” says Liberty, who lives in Bangor, Maine, and is president of the Peony Society of Maine. Ken Liberty planted his first peony at the age of 14, starting a hobby that’s grown for many years. Learn the basic care of a peony and your backyard perennial garden will pop with color from these fragrant blooms.
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