Paeony 'Sarah Bernhardt' (1 Bare Root Plant) - your garden will be pretty in pink! Please note: This product cannot be delivered to Northern Ireland. Peonies are a cottage garden must-have and are becoming increasingly popular as both a cut flower and a specimen plant in a large patio pot, where they add romance and glamour to any setting. These reliable perennial plants have huge, blousy flowers which fill the garden with colour and scent and can be brought into the home as cut flowers. 'Sarah Bernhardt' is an outstanding herbaceous peony producing large, highly fragrant, rose-pink double-ruffled flowers on sturdy plants throughout summer. The plants themselves form an upright bush of dark green leaves, remaining attractive all season. A classic English border plant that will flourish and delight for 30 years or more - simply getting bigger and better. Supplied as a single bare-root for planting in autumn or early spring as the soil warms. Shallow plant straight out, at 5cm depth over the crown. Care Information Peonies are easy to grow. They need plenty of water as long as they don't get waterlogged, so plant your peonies in soil that drains well. Clay is fine as long as it doesn't stay wet. Peonies flower at their best in full sun, but will tolerate light shade. Feed with a general fertiliser in spring, but avoid over-feeding with high nitrogen fertilisers. To conserve moisture and suppress weeds, mulch around the crown with 5-7.5cm (2-3in) organic matter. Avoid covering the crown itself. The flower stems may not be strong enough to keep the often-heavy flamboyant flowers upright and staking is often required. It is generally best to cut the foliage to ground level as it dies back in the autumn to reduce risk of peony wilt. Peonies seldom need to be divided or moved, but if necessary it should be carried out only in the autumn. Please note: This product cannot be delivered to Northern Ireland. Delivered As: Root Max Height (in cm): 100 Max Spread (in cm): 75 Planting Period: Mar-Apr/Sept-Oct Planting Position: Sunny Potted: N Grow your own amazing huge peony flowers in pots or the garden. Come back year after year - totally hardy, die back underground each winter, but come back bigger and better Easy to grow and require very little maintenance - they're much easier to grow and flower than many people believe. Supplied as a single large bare root for immediate planting.
