Paeonia Blaze 5b flat-petalled white flowers highlighted in

flat-petalled white flowers highlighted in the center by short purple standards (upright petals)

reliable for us to 0 degrees F if the soil is kept very dry in winter

xAmarcrinum 'Dorothy Hannibal' makes a compact clump of glossy green leaves topped

Paeonia 'Kansas' is a wonderful peony that has been another star in our heat-tolerance trials as one of the best of the doubles in our studies

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Paeonia Blaze 5b flat-petalled white flowers highlighted inIn our 6 year peony trials, Paeonia 'Blaze' has consistently been one of the most floriferous cultivars, producing up to 20 large, single, bright red flowers per clump. For us, this is an early flowering deer resistant selection, often opening in late April. Because of the flower size, staking may be helpful if rain is in your forecast when the flowers are fully open.