Scintillation peony
Paeonia 'Scintillation'
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
- Cream, red edges, geranium-red shading, ages to buff
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Scintillation' peony (Paeonia 'Scintillation') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and specimen planting. 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. The cream petals have red edges and geranium-red shading, and they age to buff. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first. Butterflies visit the early to late spring blooms, and Derek Irvine bred it in 2001.
Pairs well with Bottlebrush buckeye, Niobe clematis, Lily, and Bells of Ireland.