Icarus peony
Paeonia 'Icarus'
APS Registry
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 6.5 feet tall3 to 5 feet wide
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Red
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Icarus' peony (Paeonia 'Icarus') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, specimen planting, and cut flowers. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, loamy soil. It bears pure red, single, fragrant flowers from spring into early summer. The center petals reach for the sky as the outer petals stretch out like wings. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Grape hyacinth, The President clematis, and Wormwood.