Natural Beauty peony
Paeonia 'Natural Beauty'
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
- Bloom color
- Rose-pink, white shading, short dark red flares
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Natural Beauty' peony (Paeonia 'Natural Beauty') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and specimen plantings. 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. Rose-pink blooms with white shading and short dark red flares open in early to late spring. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first. Butterflies visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Greig's tulip, Niobe clematis, and Big bluestem.