Sorbet Peony

Description:

This stunning two-tone variety will create a dramatic display in garden and border plantings; alternating rings of soft pink and cream petals are luminous; the fragrant flowers open on stiff stems making them an excellent cut flower

Ornamental Features:

Sorbet Peony features bold lightly-scented pink flowers with creamy white overtones at the ends of the stems from late spring to early summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's glossy compound leaves remain dark green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Sorbet Peony is an herbaceous perennial with a more or less rounded 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.

This is a relatively low maintenance perennial, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Disease

Sorbet Peony is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Sorbet Peony will grow to be about 30 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. The flower stalks can be weak and so it may require staking in exposed sites or excessively rich soils. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This perennial should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by division.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.