Features and Growing Tips

Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.

Landscape Qualities

Julia Rose Peony is an herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. Its medium texture blends into the garden | but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

Ornamental Qualities

Julia Rose Peony features bold lightly-scented double peach flowers with creamy white overtones | gold eyes and plum purple tips at the ends of the stems in late spring. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its compound leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Planting and Growing

Julia Rose Peony will grow to be about 30 inches tall at maturity | with a spread of 4 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant | individual plants should be spaced approximately 3 feet apart. It grows at a slow rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years. As an herbaceous perennial | this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter | and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions | but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH | but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Plant Facts

Prefers full sun to partial shade

Deer Resistant

Keep moisture level average to moist

30"Hx4'W

Cutflower Favorite

Flowers are peach & cream

Flowers in late spring

Attracts bees; butterflies

Known to be safe

Likes well drained soil