Garden Plant: Viking Chief Peony
Viking Chief Peony
Product Description: Viking Chief Peony
Strength and Beauty: The Viking Chief Peony
- Large Magenta Semi-Double Flowers
- Attracts Butterflies and Hummingbirds
- Long-Lived
This Viking Chief is not storming villages anytime soon. It doesn’t wear a horned helmet or have a beard, either. The Viking Chief Peony (Paeonia lactiflora \’Viking Chief’) seems to be more of a lover than a fighter. With its brilliant magenta petals and fluffy yellow stamen, this flower will win your heart over. What the Viking Chief Peony does have is the strength and resilience You’d expect from a chief and warrior, though.
This tenacious perennial will come back and flower year after year and reliably produce stunning flowers in late spring. While it begins producing its showiest and fragrant blooms after it’s been established, you can expect it to perform like a champion. It produces large, vivacious, semi-double dark pink blooms that pop with a golden yellow center.
The semi-double blooms begin as tight, silky buds, but as the guard petals open, You’ll find this Viking Chief a ruffled softy on the inside.
The Viking Chief Peony features a sturdy, stiff stem that doesn’t falter when it comes to keeps its blooms upright. This makes these flowers perfect for cut flower arrangements.
This attractive plant has a glossy green mound of foliage that looks full and verdant in or out of bloom.
When you plant your Viking Chief Peony garden, pollinators will pillage your peonies! These vibrant blooms smell lovely and taste great to hummingbirds and butterflies.
Use the Viking Chief Peony in your perennial border or mixed border. Keep it close to your walkway to be able to admire the pollinators that stop by. If you want a blast of pink in your cottage garden, this is an ideal choice. Pair it with mid-season and late-season bloomers to keep your garden bright and colorful from spring into summer.
To keep your Viking Chief Peony happy, bathe it in full sun and plant it in well-drained medium moisture soil.
Embrace fuchsia this year and add a few Viking Chief Peonies to your garden. This vibrant and striking plant will be the talk of the neighborhood when it reveals its soft and frilly center.
Information About Bare Root Peonies
Bare root Peonies are shipped as nice 3-5 eye bare root divisions. Their woody roots are not uniform, it is normal for each root to look slightly different.
Plant with the eyes just below surface level with the woody roots spread out underneath. Once buried, water and mulch thoroughly.