Paeonia Red Charm

Paeonia ‘Red Charm’. It is quite difficult to find a completely red peony, as many peony cultivars are rather dark pink or purple. The Red Charm peony is just as its name implies, with dark deeply red flowers. They are fully double and huge. The height of the plant is about 80 cm. The strong clump does not disintegrate and flowers do not hang down. Nice fragrance. The best red peony on the market. This perennial is the winner of many awards in the USA (for example, the Gold Medal of the American Peony Society). It is sun resistant. The deciduous leaves are intensely green and deeply cut. 

How to grow Paeonia lactiflora - the Chinese peony

The Chinese peony or common garden peony is native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia. There are several hundred selected cultivars of Chinese peony in a range of colors, sizes and forms. Many have double flowers, and many colors are available, from pure white, to pink, rose, and near red, along with single to fully double forms. Most of the cultivars are fragrant. The Chinese peony is an easily grown and undemanding perennial. Paeonia lactiflora prefers full sun, although a few types will tolerate light shade. They prefer a good, fertile, well-drained soil, which is preferably neutral to alkaline. These large perennials are tolerant to a wide range of soil conditions, but will not survive if the soil becomes waterlogged or too dry.