Paeonia Duchesse de Nemours

Peony Duchesse de Nemours has beautiful, clean, large, fragrant, white double flowers 15–20 cm across. It will the whitest peony in your garden. It blooms on solid, 80 cm high stems in late spring and early summer. Peony Duchesse de Nemours is a winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It is one of the oldest varieties, and has been bred more than 150 years ago. Still very popular.

How to grow Paeonia lactiflora - the Chinese peony

The Chinese peony or common garden peony is native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia. There are several hundred selected cultivars of Chinese peony in a range of colors, sizes and forms. Many have double flowers, and many colors are available, from pure white, to pink, rose, and near red, along with single to fully double forms. Most of the cultivars are fragrant. The Chinese peony is an easily grown and undemanding perennial. Paeonia lactiflora prefers full sun, although a few types will tolerate light shade. They prefer a good, fertile, well-drained soil, which is preferably neutral to alkaline. These large perennials are tolerant to a wide range of soil conditions, but will not survive if the soil becomes waterlogged or too dry.