Like other garden peonies, `Sarah Bernhardt’ delights with its lush foliage and amazing, fragrant blooms. It features huge, double pink flowers with a slightly ruffled appearance, excellent for cutting. Long-lived and easy to grow, `Sarah Bernhardt’ should be part of any peony collection. Peonies are marvelous in groups, particularly when paired for flower contrast and varying degrees of flowering time.
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Details
Hardiness Zone:
3
Blossom Color:
Rose to Pink
Growth Habit:
Shrubby
Max Height:
3'
Texture:
Coarse Texture
Recommended Spacing:
2' to 3'
We sell this plant in these containers:
#2 Pot
Special Characteristics
Cuttings
Seasonal Effect
Moderate Area
Bees
Large Area
Deer Resistant
Fragrant Flowers
Features
Lush foliage and amazing, fragrant blooms. Features huge, double pink flowers with a slightly ruffled appearance, excellent for cutting. Long-lived and easy to grow.
Landscape Value
Effective short hedge, companion, general ground cover or border when planted enmasse.
Care
Watering:
`Sarah Bernhardt' Garden Peony is moderately drought tolerant but benefits from occasional watering, to maintain soil in a moist but not wet condition, during the summer months.
Fertilizing:
`Sarah Bernhardt' Garden Peony needs little fertilizer, but benefits from a single springtime or fall topdressing (about 1 inch deep) of organic compost or well rotted leaves. Alternatively, a springtime application of a slow release fertilizer with a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet.
Pruning:
`Sarah Bernhardt' Garden Peony should be pruned while dormant during late fall or winter.
