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Key characteristics

Height: 24–36 inches tall
Width: 24–30 inches wide
Flower color: Salmon‑coral pink, fading to coral/apricot
Foliage color: Glossy deep green, finely divided foliage
Bloom time: Early-season
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Water: Moderate
Maintenance: Low, remove spent blooms and cut foliage to the ground after frost
Growing zone: USDA zones 3–8
Wildlife: Very attractive to bees, butterflies, and other pollinators; deer- and rabbit-resistant; excellent as a cut flower

Perennials

Paeonia x lactiflora 'Coral Supreme'

Coral Supreme Peony

Paeonia × lactiflora 'Coral Supreme' produces semi-double, bowl-shaped blooms in rich salmon-pink that soften to coral and apricot as they mature. Flowers appear in early to mid-season and are lightly fragrant, with golden stamens at the center. Held on strong stems, the blooms last well in vases when cut at the soft bud stage and perform reliably in the garden without support.

Introduced by Samuel Wissing in 1964, this cultivar forms a dense mound of glossy green foliage that remains attractive through summer.

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

Moderate

Bloom time

Early-season

Find this plant

Works well in

Borders
Cottage Gardens
Pollinator Gardens
Cut Flower Gardens

Companion plants

Hardy geraniums · Hostas · Ferns · Astilbes · Foxgloves · Bergenias

Design tip

Use it as a steady framework plant, repeating it along a bed to tie separate plantings together. It takes sun or light shade, which makes it useful along the changing light of a bed edge or a partly shaded border.