Clay / Heavy / Moist / Well Drained / Light / Sandy
Herbaceous peonies are a popular choice for providing colour and drama to ornamental borders in late spring and early summer. They produce large, often double flowers in whites, pinks, reds and yellows, and return year after year.
Unlike tree peonies, herbaceous peonies die back to ground level in winter. They thrive in a well-drained, neutral soil, in full sun.
Paeonia ‘Helen Hayes’ bears large, double pink, fragrant flowers on strong stems. It makes a very striking and opulent cut flower.
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Paeonia ‘Helen hayes’ and wildlife
Paeonia ‘Helen hayes’ has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
