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Key characteristics

Height: 48–54 inches tall
Width: 24–36 inches wide
Flower color: Pure white single blooms
Foliage color: Glossy medium to dark green
Bloom time: Mid- to late spring
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Water: Average
Maintenance: Low, cut back foliage to ground after frost; stakes seldom needed due to strong stems; remove spent blooms for tidiness
Growing zone: USDA zones 3–8
Wildlife: Fragrant flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators; deer and rabbits generally avoid them

Perennials

Paeonia 'White Innocence'

White Innocence Peony

Paeonia 'White Innocence' is a late mid-season herbaceous hybrid with pure white, single bowl-shaped flowers. They sit atop tall, elegant stems, each stem often carrying four to five blooms, that feature a distinctive greenish-white center. The blooms are lightly fragrant, and their understated form emphasizes a sense of calm purity in gardens and floral arrangements.

White Innocence delivers vivid ornamental interest through its tall, graceful stature and rare floral structure.

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

Average

Bloom time

Mid- to late spring

Find this plant

Works well in

Borders
Cottage Gardens
Pollinator Gardens
Cut Flower Gardens

Companion plants

Lungworts · Daylilies · Japanese anemones · Bleeding hearts · Catmint · Heucheras

Design tip

Spring bloom is its headline moment, and it reads best in a group rather than as a single plant. It takes sun or light shade, which makes it useful along the changing light of a bed edge or a partly shaded border.