Our Varieties
We have 22 varieties on our farm. Each variety blooms at a different time of the season.
Please see below for a guide on when we will be picking each as well as some informaiton on our varieties.
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Corals
Estimated start of pick: 8.10.23
Colour: Coral***
Among the first Peonies to bloom, Corals are exceptionally beautiful! Imagine glowing semi double, coral pink blossoms gradually opening to reveal their yellow stamens, and fading to soft apricot-pink as they mature.
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Red Charm
Estimated start of pick: 20.10.23
Colour: Red***
A stunning, award winning Peony - Red Charm is full of beauty and texture. Large, bomb-shaped blooms full of rich crimson red petals. A very hardy, vigorous variety.
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Mon Jules
Estimated start of pick: 20.10.23
Colour: Hot Pink***
Peony Monsieur Jules Elie (Mon Jules), is a favourite for late spring display and is prized for its very large, fragrant, double light rose-pink flowers. With a silvery sheen display, this peony forms an upright bush of dark green leaves, making it an attractive pick all season.
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Commando
Estimated start of pick: 23.10.23
Colour: Dark Red***
The centre is a large ball of petals with some narrow, ragged petals at the base. If you are looking for a good dark red, this cultivar is for you. A good healthy plant habit and dark green foliage.
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Bridal Shower
Estimated start of pick: 2.11.23
Colour: White***
Bridal Shower is a bullet-shaped peony! White as the snow, this flower offers a wonderful fragrance. The buds bloom into a wonderful flower with absolutely fantastic shape. The flower has a diameter of about 15 cm and consists of fine leaves that circle around the centre in perfect symmetry.
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Etched Salmon
Estimated start of pick: 5.11.23
Colour: Pink***
Etched Salmon is a full-petalled peony that strongly resembles a garden rose in terms of its shape. The flower has a unique colour and a certain glow because of the thousands of leaves that get darker to the centre of the bloom. This peony variety is extremely popular and only available on a limited basis. If you like beautiful shaped flowers, romantic colours and exclusive varieties, this is the peony for you.
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The Mighty Moe
Estimated start of pick: 15.11.23
Colour: Dark Red***
Tall, velvety "cherry red" double.
Medium sized with many golden stamens
showing throughout the flower.
Long lasting cut flower.***
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Mr. Ed
Estimated start of pick: 17.11.23
Colour: Blush***
Mr. Ed Has a bomb-type double, lightly fragrant bulb to it. Now and then it may have pink flowers and luscious blush-cream blooms on the same bush. This kind of bloom is a real treat! A good cut flower with a light fragrance.
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Fairy's Petticoat
Estimated start of pick: 20.11.23
Colour: Blush***
Fairy's Petticoat delivers Ruffled crinolines of dainty pink and a double profusion of flounced petals. A fine plant form and delicate fragrance completes its charm. Makes for an excellent cut flower.
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Festiva Powderpuff
Estimated start of pick: 20.11.23
Colour: Blush***
A pure white fluffy double with a yellow stamen hidden amongst petals can occasionally be found marked with red. Fragrant with a strong stem, this flower reminded Roy Klehm about his Grandma's powder puff... hence the name.
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Avalanche
Estimated start of pick: 20.11.23
Colour: Blush***
Avalanche is a mid to late season Peony. A double, blush-white of waxy texture with a faint pink center and very narrow crimson edges to a few petals. A strong, but not sweet, fragrance will keep you coming back for more.
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Kansas
Estimated start of pick: 21.11.23
Colour: Burgundy Red***
This very showy, award-winner Peony features very large, rose-shaped, double blossoms. Richly packed with watermelon red petals that keep their intense colouring and do not fade in the bright sunshine. Kansas makes excellent cut flowers with a long vase life (over a week) if cut in bud.
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Bridal Icing
Estimated start of pick: 22.11.23
Colour: White***
A perfectly formed pure white bomb, slightly fragrant, outstanding foliage offers a good potential to gain rank on the 'good' list of well paid cut-flowers.
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Bridal Gown
Estimated start of pick: 22.11.23
Colour: White***
Bridal Gown is a mid season Peony. A crisp bomb white with a hint of cream in the heart makes for a stunning flower in any display. A good stem strength and deliciously fragrant. They first bloomed in 1957 and make for a good cut-flower.
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Pillow Talk
Estimated start of pick: 24.11.23
Colour: Pink***
Award-winning Peony 'Pillow Talk' is a very attractive double-flowered selection with large blossoms. Reliable and vigorous, this herbaceous peony grows in a lush, bushy mound of glossy, emerald green, divided foliage reaching up to 70-75 cm in height.
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Duchesse de Nemours'
Estimated start of pick: TBC
Colour: White***
Duchesse de Nemours' is a herbaceous (soft stemmed) peony cultivar. It is a shrubby plant that, each year, will typically grow to 3' tall by mid-spring, bloom, display attractive foliage throughout the summer and early fall, and then die to the ground after frost.
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Nick Shaylor
Estimated start of pick: 27.11.23
Colour: Pink***
Nick Shaylor is a Late bloomer. A double white, full rose-type double with delicate buds that open well to display light blush pink blooms with red flecking. Newly emerging foliage in the spring is a dark red, lovely plant. This is an excellent cut flower! Dark green foliage and stiff stems make for a very reliable bloomer.
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Henry Bockstoce
Estimated start of pick: TBC
Colour: Red***
This stunning dark red peony blooms from the smallest bud with lush round petal cradling a delight of petals to come out.
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