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Cytherea Peony

Paeonia 'Cytherea'

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Cytherea Peony (Paeonia 'Cytherea') at Wannemaker's Home & Garden

Cytherea Peony flowers

Cytherea Peony flowers

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Cytherea Peony (Paeonia 'Cytherea') at Wannemaker's Home & Garden

Cytherea Peony flowers

Cytherea Peony flowers

(Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder)

Height:  24 inches

Spacing:  30 inches

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  4a

Description:

This compact and captivating peony will create a dramatic late spring display in garden and border plantings; the buds open to reveal beautiful coral-rose, bowl shaped blooms that soften in color as they mature; excellent cut flower quality

Ornamental Features

Cytherea Peony features bold lightly-scented rose flowers with coral-pink overtones at the ends of the stems in late spring. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its glossy compound leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Cytherea Peony is an herbaceous perennial with a more or less rounded form. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

  • Disease

Cytherea Peony is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Cytherea Peony will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 30 inches apart. The flower stalks can be weak and so it may require staking in exposed sites or excessively rich soils. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. To help this plant achive its best flowering performance, periodically apply a flower-boosting fertilizer from early spring through into the active growing season. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Cytherea Peony is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It can be used either as 'filler' or as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, depending on the height and form of the other plants used in the container planting. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Massing  Garden  Container 
Applications
Flowers 
Ornamental Features

 

This Plant Finder tool is an online catalog representing many of the varieties that we carry over the course of the season, and is intended for informational purposes only. Inventory varies seasonally, so we cannot guarantee that every plant will be in stock at all times - please contact the store for current availability. It does not include our entire inventory of plants, so be sure to visit us to see varieties that may not be represented on this list.