Yellow Waterlily Peony

Peony and Waterlilies are two of the most gorgeous and highly-regarded flowers around! Why not combine them both? Introducing the Yellow Waterlily Peony (Paeonia 'Yellow Waterlily') that has soft lemon chiffon petals with contrasting burgundy-red cores creating a vivid two-tone double-ruffled delight!

Keeping the same true Peony scent, the long-lived endurance, and the cold hardiness of their Peony cousins, Itoh Peony like the Yellow Waterlily Peony was created by cross-breeding herbaceous Peonies with Tree Peonies, creating a fantastic new hybrid! Strong brick-red stems hold these unusually oval, brick-red buds aloft and continue to hold them aloft for pollinators after the huge flowers burst open into their soft yellow glory!

This plant is very long-lived, with the potential to survive for up to 50 years after maturing when properly taken care of! Giving you decades of blooms for bouquets and landscape enjoyment! Durable throughout USDA growing zones 3 through 8, these flowering rhizomes have thick, fleshy roots with several 'eyes' each!

Planting and Application:

These shrubby perennials look fantastic as greenery backdrops and filler throughout the sunny garden and along walkways and paths as border perennials! The fragrant blooms happily mix and mingle among gardens and borders. The late spring to summer blooms of Yellow Waterlily Peony are a great way to start your own Peony garden! The soft yellow and red contrast go fantastic with red, orange, apricot and salmon flowers, or burgundy and purple foliage plants!

Yellow Waterlily Itoh Peony bushes are great for cutting gardens and last close to a week in a vase and longer on the plant - what a great way to show off their refreshing scent! Your butterflies will feel upstaged, but the bees will be delighted to rummage around through the golden crown of pollen-rich anthers at the center of each big bloom!

• Soft Chiffon Yellow Double Blooms
• Each Petal Spotted With Brick-Red
• Brick-Red Buds & Stems
• Fragrant & Long-Lasting & Attracts Pollinators
• Fast-Growing Lush Green Foliage
• Cut Flowers, Large Planters, Beds, Borders, Rows & Groupings!

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Itoh Peony rhizomes have the strongest stems in full sun and grow best away from trees and shrubs, as competition for nutrients and moisture inhibits their growth. Plant in an enriched, well-drained environment. It is pretty low maintenance and prefers average moisture, in a decently sheltered environment for optimum growth, that also has good air circulation.

The enormous blooms of this flower catch rainfall may become weighed down. Consider staking to help support the stems against storms and the driving summer rain. Put down a 3-4 inch layer of arborist mulch chips around the base of your plant to hold in more moisture. For continued healthy growth, Deadhead the faded flowers and wait to trim down the foliage as the leaves begin to fade in the fall.

• Full Sun & Partial Shade
• Moderate Moisture & Well-Drained Soil
• Long-Lived & Cold Hardy
• Deadhead After Blooms Fade & Prune Late Fall After Foliage Yellows
• Find Tips on Planting Bareroot Peony Here

Dreamy, creamy and fragrant Yellow Waterlily Peony are going to take your breath away and start you down the road to a new Peony obsession! Order your own quality Itoh Peony rhizomes today from NatureHills.com!

Information About Bareroot Peonies

Bareroot Peonies are shipped as nice, 3-5 eye bareroot divisions. Their woody roots are not uniform, it is normal for each root to look slightly different.

Nature Hills Nursery ships bare-root Peonies in the fall according to your growing zone to ensure they will remain dormant all winter until emerging in spring.