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Border Charm Itoh Peony
Paeonia 'Border Charm'
Plant Height: 18 inches
Flower Height: 24 inches
Spacing: 30 inches
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Hardiness Zone: 4a
Description:
This captivating peony will create a dramatic late spring display in garden and border plantings; the buds open to reveal beautiful yellow blooms with red center flares; the fragrant flowers open on stiff stems making them an excellent cut flower
Ornamental Features
Border Charm Itoh Peony features bold lightly-scented yellow flowers with a red flare at the ends of the stems in late spring. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its compound leaves remain dark green in colour throughout the season.
Landscape Attributes
Border Charm Itoh 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 plant, 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
Border Charm Itoh Peony is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing
Border Charm Itoh Peony will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 3 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 30 inches apart. 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. 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 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 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.
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