Peonies are coming into their full bloom! These gorgeously large, fragrant, and delicate blooms are the goal of pretty much every gardener. True, the blooms can be fleeting, but the plants are easy to grow! I use four types of peonies in my garden, all of which I find incredibly beautiful: - fern leaf (paeonia tenufolia) - herbaceous garden (paeonia lactiflora) - itoh (paeonia intersectional hybrid) - tree (saxifragales) Fern leaf peonies are the easiest blooming and stay small, around two feet.

Let’s talk about the three types of peonies. First, the Tree Peony. With its woody stems and early, blooms, it adds presence to the garden. It doesn’t die back in winter and becomes more impressive with age. Don’t we all. Not the best cut flower, but she blooms first so squeeze one in somewhere. Next is the Herbaceous Peony, the most common. It dies back each fall, then returns faithfully each spring with big, often full fragrant blooms, some more than others. There are some fabulous single bloo