Paeonia Early Scout

Paeonia Early Scout is the early blooming, cut-leaf species. Known Paeonia tenuifolia, one of its parents, giving it beautiful, deep green, cut-leaf foliage. Paeonia Early Scout forms a nicely rounded bush habit, graced by many bright crimson blooms. Foliage remains attractive throughout season. Japanese and Single-Flowered Peonies are rapidly becoming more popular because their graceful subtle flowers are less inclined to fall down after first harder rain.

How to grow Paeonia lactiflora - the Chinese peony

The Chinese peony or common garden peony is native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia. There are several hundred selected cultivars of Chinese peony in a range of colors, sizes and forms. Many have double flowers, and many colors are available, from pure white, to pink, rose, and near red, along with single to fully double forms. Most of the cultivars are fragrant. The Chinese peony is an easily grown and undemanding perennial. Paeonia lactiflora prefers full sun, although a few types will tolerate light shade. They prefer a good, fertile, well-drained soil, which is preferably neutral to alkaline. These large perennials are tolerant to a wide range of soil conditions, but will not survive if the soil becomes waterlogged or too dry.