Peonies are very beautiful and bright flowers. But if we talk about the red representatives of garden perennials, then it is simply impossible to resist. Agree, fall in love with curvy round caps up to 15 cm in diameter is easy. So, we will tell about the most popular varieties of red peonies.
Variety "Arkady Gaidar"
Peony, growing to 85-90 cm, is crowned with magnificent buds of dark red color with raspberry tint. In addition, the flowers of the peony exude a delicate pleasant aroma.
Variety "Bob-Bob"
If you like a dark red peony, pay attention to the American variety "Bob-Bob". This is a spectacular half-double or double flowers of large sizes.
Grade "Red Grace"
Hybrid bright red peonies are dotted with rounded sparkling petals. In the open form, the globular bud "Red Grace" reaches 18-20 cm. An exquisite peony blossoms early.
Grade "Red Sharm"
A magnificent representative of the red peony is striking with a bomb-shaped terry bud. The size of the flower reaches in diameter of 21-22 cm. The variety has good frost-resistant properties.
Grade "Buckeye Belle"
The elegant half-flower is very beautiful: the core of small red petals and yellow stamens is surrounded by large dark velvet petals. This early red peony in height reaches almost one meter.
Variety «Red Sarah Bernhardt»
Exquisite luxury of purple-red buds of the variety "Red Sarah Bernhardt" is accompanied by a sweet sweetish aroma. The size of double flowers that ripen by the middle of summer is 15 cm.
Peony "Red Lotus"
For regions in the middle belt with severe winters, a tree-like variety "Red Lotus" is suitable. This rather tall bush (95-125 cm) is very abundantly blooming: for all two or three weeks it forms from 30 to 65 buds of magnificent crown shape. Young peonies find flowers resembling lotus shape.
Peony Acron
This is a sort of Japanese peony, in which the broad purple-red petals grow in two rows, creating a bud with a diameter of 15 cm. The center of the flower is studded with red and white staminoids. Peony produces a tart aroma.
This is not the whole range of red peonies. Also worth paying attention to the following varieties:
- Diana Parks;
- "Pioneer Fire";
- Henry Bockstoce;
- "Spark of Hope";
- "Telestar";
- "Topeka";
- "Neilli Sailor";
- "Innovation";
- "Heritage";
- "Peony Lee."
As you can see, there are plenty to choose future pets for your own garden and flower garden.