Vogue Peony Spring Ship

Every garden should possess a good number of pink-flowering plants—it should be made law! And Paeonia 'vogue' is one of the best for this. An upright-growing, bushy perennial Lactiflora peony, it has gorgeous dissected dark green foliage, tinged red in spring. In early summer, stiff, upright stems hold the many showy, spicily scented, double saucer-shaped flowers, and they are really pink! The buds of Paeonia 'vogue' form in a darkish pink, then open to a blush rose-pink. As the flower ages, the petals become paler, so they become almost white, but retaining a hint of pink in the centre. When the flower is in its final stages, it suddenly reveals its central boss of golden stamens.