Festiva Maxima Peony

The Festiva Maxima Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Festiva Maxima') is always dressed and ready for the festivities. This ruffled wonder has been a gardener favorite for over a century! It's earned its reputation as an elegant and ravishing flower with its dramatic appearance and show-worthy unveiling as it slowly opens petal by petal.

You'll have to decide what your favorite stage is of these brilliant flower's blooming ritual. It serves two looks in one season. It begins its reveal as a silky white bud that slowly unfurls to a ruffled white and magenta specked blossom. When in full bloom, the Festiva Maxima Peony looks like its dressed in a high-end designer gown fit for flamenco dancing all night long.

The Festiva Maxima Peony's blooms look luminous against its dark green foliage. These large showy blooms grow tall on their strong stems that won't droop under the weight of these voluminous flowers. In fact, this peony's stems are one reason florists love this plant for flower cuttings. These flowers last quite sometime when arranged into a bouquet or table display. They'll look fresh for a week or more.

Festiva Maxima Peony will charm your neighbors and the local pollinators as their large blooms are absolutely irresistible to butterflies!

If you want handsome foliage, the Festiva Maxima Peony offers that, too. This perennial has strong green foliage that is glossy and attractive.

Even though these flowers look like they require extensive fuss and muss, they're actually very easy to grow! Festiva Maxima Peonies like a lot of sun and well-drained low or medium moisture soil. They last through the winter well and rabbits and deer leave them alone.

Plant the Festiva Maxima Peony in your cut garden, or they make the perfect showy addition to a cottage garden. Add a row to your well-drained sunny border or perennial border. These glowing beauties look even more stunning when paired with other peonies or mixed shrubs.

Add these snowy globes of beauty to your garden. These amazing flowers are bright and elegant, adding a touch of mystique and festivity to your garden. Don't miss out on the Festiva Maxima Peony. Order yours today!

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.