Silver Sails peony
Paeonia 'Silver Sails'
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
- Yellow, pink, purple, red, white
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Silver Sails' peony (Paeonia 'Silver Sails') 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. It blooms in early to late spring with single, pale yellow flowers that have about 10 petals. Butterflies visit the blooms. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Sweet woodruff, Ostrich fern, and Greig's tulip.