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Paeonia lactiflora Mary Brand is a fabulous way to light up borders and large containers from May to June each year. Foliage creates attractive, gap-filling mounds of finely cut foliage from March to November each year, topped by the sweetly fragrant, bubble-gum pink double blooms across spring into summer. Flowers are exquisite when cut for your home, with a long vase life, and are, unsurprisingly a favourite for wedding bouquets at this time of year. Paeony were well known in ancient Chinese gardens and were brought to Europe in the late 1700s. In the language of flowers, they signify romance, elegance, honour and wealth. Paeonia lactiflora Mary Brand prefers to be grown in moist, well-drained soil with either sun or partial shade. An herbaceous, hardy perennial which reaches a height of 90cm and spreads to 50cm. Plants will die back below ground over winter, ready to re-emerge the following spring.
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Key Information
| Latin Name | Paeonia lactiflora ‘Mary Brand’ |
|---|---|
| Common Name | Peony |
| Hardiness | H6 (-15 to -20°C) |
| Colour | Pink, Red |
| Format | 2 Litre Pots |
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun |
| Foliage | Deciduous |
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.90 m |
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.50 |
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Clay Loam Sand |
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral |
| Aspect | East-facing, South-facing, West-facing |
| Scented | Yes |
| Good for pots | Yes |
| Good for wildlife | Yes |
| Good for pollinators | Yes |
| Good for cutting | Yes |
