Peony 'Sword Dance'

Description

Paeonia lactiflora 'Sword Dance' is a stunning plant with purple red petals that unfurl to form a bowl, filled with delicately painted golden petaloids.

It is a late, exuberant flowering variety and is a robust, healthy plant with sword-like stems that do not require any support. Several side buds prolong the flowering period. This classical peony is perfect for a landscape or as part of a joyful garden bouquet.

'American Peony Society' Award of Landscape Merit 2014

'Royal Horticultural Society' Award of Garden Merit.

Registered in 1933.

Product Details

Originator Auten Edward

Properties

Colour palette: Fuchsia & purple
Flowering period: From week 5 | Late
Flower form: Japanese
Plant size: e| ↕︎ up to 110 cm | ↔︎ up to 90 cm
Flower bud(s): One main flower bud and some sidebuds
Award(s): Award of Garden Merit 👑 Royal Horticultural Society
Award of Landscape Merit 🏆 American Peony Society
Ideal for: The cutting garden
The landscape garden - no support
Hardiness: Fully hardy -20ºC or depending on snow cover