Gay paree peony
A most outstanding novelty, entirely distinct. Guards deep cerise, anemone Jap type center with ethereal lights flushing to colorless. Some blooms own a central tuft. Medium sized bloom, good substance, decent stem and plant.
Award of Landscape Merit (ALM) description: ‘Gay Paree’ (Auten ) Vibrant, cerise pink guard petals surround a densely packed center of suffused cream petaloids on this Japanese/Anemone-form. Flowers occasionally display an additional central tuft petaloids that match guard petal hue. Fragrant flowers are borne in profusion in late midseason atop bright green foliage. Excellent stem power on plants reaching 33 inches (85 cm). A consistent performer, this lactiflora cultivar consistently provides a vivid and dramatic presentation. Its cheerful color contrasts never fail to lift the energy and induce a smile. Striking in the garden and appreciated in the vase.
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Paeonia 'GAY PAREE' perennial peony
Description of the plant:
Gay Pareeis a Chinese peonywhose flowers resemble cheerful dancers of dirty can-can in Moulin Rouge and their even dirtier underskirts. They are composed of a single colour fuchsia pink skirt with multiple underskirts of creamy white colour with rosy pink ribbons. Very special and very eye-catching. Isn&#;t that what can-can was all about? Flowers are fragrant, uncover from about mid May until early June atop cm tall stems which are strong enough not to require staking. Deciduous leaves are rather plump, deep green, glossy, and palmately divided.These peonies are great plants not only for perennial beds and borders, they also glance very elegant combined with shrubs and trees where they soften their woody structures. They also form beautiful cut flowers, though, they never last more than a week. They are one of the easiest perennials to expand &#; just make sure you don&#;t put their rhizomes too deep. Then you'll have no trouble whatsoever - they can take almost any gentle of weather caprice and full neglect. P
Peony Gay Paree
All our peonies are grown right here in New Zealand and are grown especially for tuber production, giving you the strongest and most vigorous plants doable. They are hardy and require little care but are fussy about where they grow.
Choosing a location
Peonies need to be in an open position where they get complete sun. They don�t appreciate to be shaded by trees, shrubs or over-hanging branches. By the second they�re fully grown (after about three years) they need to have at least a metre worth of free space around them.
Peonies are frozen climate plants and require two or three gentle white frosts to be sure that they will flower well the accompanying spring. Being planted in the open as described above not only allows full sun, but also means that they will be exposed to any frosts and not sheltered by buildings or trees. Well-drained soil is finest, but as long as the soil never becomes water-logged they should be fine.
Planting
Plant your tubers with around four to six centimetres of soil over the top of them. Any deeper and the root may be too well protected from the co
Peony &#;Gay Paree&#;
Description
Paeonia lactiflora 'Gay Paree'. Cheerful in appearance and simple to grow. Bright pink guard petals surround a striking centre of cream and pink petals. In time the centre whitens and the secondary buds recur the show. The fragrant, medium sized flowers are long permanent and do not require support.
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Product Details
Properties
- Colour palette
- Soft & hot pink
- Flowering period
- From week 4 | Mid
- Flower form
- Anemone
- Plant size
- d| ↕︎ up to 90 cm | ↔︎ up to 90 cm
- Fragrance
- Softly scented
- Flower bud(s)
- One main plant bud and some sidebuds
- Award(s)
- Award of Garden Merit 👑 Royal Horticultural Society
Award of Landscape Merit 🏆 American Peony Society
Gold Medal 🥇 American Peony Society - Ideal for
- The cutting garden
The landscape garden - no support - Position & soil
- Sunny and airy - soil well worked and not soggy
- Hardiness
- Fully hardy ºC or depending on snow cover
With sound "farmers" common sense we will possess your peonies blooming.
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