Peonies
Our Peonies
When we first bought our farmlet in 2011, we spent 3 weeks living out here before renting it until we were ready to move out of town. In those 3 weeks we were perplexed by some sort of crop growing in two of our paddocks. When my dad visited I assumed he would know what they were as he is an agricultural consultant, but no he had no idea. My mum on the other hand couldn’t believe her eyes – as a former florist she said “you lucky things – you have paddocks full of Peonies…”
SORRY NO PEONY ROSE BARE ROOTED FOR SALE AT THIS TIME.
We offer private visits to our farmlet in Mount Evelyn to pick your own peonies every October/November. Please contact me if this might be of interest.
Sandra Bernhardt
The Sandra Bernhardt is my favourite peony. Huge, double pink blooms are displayed on the bold, erect stems of this clumping perennial. Stunning in floral arrangements.
Miss Echkardt
A lovely light pink peony, which flowers early-mid-season. Huge, double pink blooms. We now have around 20-30 plants of these beautiful earlier variety. Lovely light pink similar to Sandra Bernhardt but lighter in colour.
Princess Margaret
Hot pink, double, fragrant, late-midseason flowering. This enormous full double flower is a rich rose-pink with strong stems.
Baroness Schroeder
This matron is very large, tall, floriferous, and proudly possesses strong stems. Baroness Schroeder produces excellent foliage. Its blooms last a very long time, making this peony great for garden decoration & cut flowers.
Madame Jos Odier
Such a beautiful dark pink peony, ours have very long stems making them beautiful as cut flowers.
Bowl of Beauty
We have a huge amount of Bowls, they look lovely bunched together. It has fuchsia pink Japanese form flowers which are particularly showy because of their large yellow stamenoid centers. The blooms have a light fragrance, and are a lovely cut flower.
Peony Anne Cousins
This is one of only 2 pure white peonies – not sure of the variety. They weren’t doing too well in the field and have now been in the patch for 4 years. They are still producing tiny flowers, hopefully next year we’ll see some good growth.
Monsieur Jules Elie
Monsieur Jules Elie’ is an extremely fragrant, profusely blooming double variant with an interesting pink colour.
Paula Fay
My favourite! I’m still not sure this is the right variety but it’s the closest match I can find. I only have 2 of these plants, but I found another down in the orchard which I divided up last year and popped 6-7 divided into new spots in the peony patch. It will take a few years to flower but I’m patient.
Coral Charm
I have actually purchased the Coral Peonies as there weren’t any here and they are just stunning.
Festiva Maxima
A lovely white variety with some specs of dark pink. I only have a few plants of these.
Madame Emile Debutante
I’m not totally sure this is a Madame Emile Debutante. The outer petal is a is a mid pink with a creamy middle and pink centre.
Marguerite Gérard
I found this variety in 2022 and I’m pretty sure its a Marguerite Gérard as other peony growers in this area have it and one image online had that pink outline in the middle on the tips.
Gay Paree
Gay Paree, a late bloomer but so pretty.
Duchess de Nemours
I added a couple of these peonies in 2022 and they have flowered this year. As most of my varieties are pinks its lovely to have some more white varieties in the patch.
Kansas
I brought this variety up from the other paddock, initially thinking it was more of the Paula Fay, but soon realised it wasn’t. It has characteristics somewhere between Paula Fay and Madame Jos Odier, so after some research, I’m fairly certain it’s actually the Kansas variety.
