Wild Forest Blackberry peony
Paeonia 'Wild Forest Blackberry'
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
- Dark red, violet shading
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Wild Forest Blackberry' peony (Paeonia 'Wild Forest Blackberry') 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. It bears deep red-violet, semi-double flowers 5 inches wide in early to late spring, and butterflies visit them. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. You can propagate it by division.
Pairs well with Obsidian coral bells, Garden phlox, and Blue Arrow Rocky mountain juniper.