Paeonia lactiflora 'Black Beauty' ~ Black Beauty Peony

Paeonia lactiflora 'Black Beauty' ~ Black Beauty PeonyBlack Beauty Peony is a fast growing herbaceous perennial with sturdy stems that sport glossy deep green leaves that emerge copper burgundy and turn soft yellow in fall. The large, highly fragrant double petaled flowers are a striking deep velvet to blackened red and bloom from mid to late spring. Prefers afternoon shade in southern areas and well drained soils. Type: Perennial Height: 2 2. 5 Spread: 2 3 Spacing: 2 USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 8 Culture:

Black Beauty Peony is a fast-growing herbaceous perennial with sturdy stems that sport glossy deep green leaves that emerge copper-burgundy and turn soft yellow in fall.  The large, highly fragrant double-petaled flowers are a striking deep velvet to blackened red and bloom from mid to late spring.  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

IMAGE: Ting Chen, Pfingstrose

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