Julia Rose Itoh Peony

Paeonia 'Julia Rose'

Garden Treasure Itoh Peony is a fast-growing herbaceous perennial with sturdy stems that forms a dense mound of deeply divided dark green leaves. Heavy blooms of large lightly fragrant large flowers have an airbrushed quality that open cherry pink with deeper edges slowly soften to peach than pastel yellow bloom from late spring into summer.  Prefers afternoon shade in southern areas and well-drained soils.  

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Medium Maintenance.  Water regularly- whenever top 3” of soil is dry. Botyrtis blight and Phytopthora blight are sometimes problems.  Flowers may need staking or stems may droop. Scale, Mealybugs, mites and beetles are occasional problems. Powdery mildew is common in fall but harmless.  If the plant doesn’t flower it is likely planted too shallow/deep or in too much shade.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:   Bellflower,  Coneflower,  Hydrangea

IMAGES: radiomars, Julia Rose ITOH peony ( 1)+( 2), (2) Photoset by F. D. Richards, (1) Paeonia 'Julia Rose' 6/2021 Itoh-, (2) Paeonia 'Julia Rose', 2018 photo ( 1)+( 2) 

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.