Treat your eyes with some stunning Purple Peony Varieties and fill your yard with a dreamy and floral display!
Do you admire the lovely shades of violet? These beautiful Purple Peony Varieties with their subtle sweet fragrance will have your heart!
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Purple Peony Varieties
1. Takara Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia ‘Treasure’
This peony features wide florets of pale yellow with a pink-purple tint that fades to pale white in the center as the flower matures.
2. Tree Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Kokuryu Nishiki’
The deciduous flowering shrub blooms semi-double dark purple blooms with white veins on the outer petals.
3. Morning Lilac Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia ‘Morning Lilac’
The soft crinkled petals have a lilac color with a deep purple hue towards the center. The strong dark green foliage gives the flowers a striking contrast.
4. Adolphe Rousseau Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Adolphe Rousseau’
Adolphe Rousseau peonies are noted for their beautiful semi-double or double dark purplish-burgundy flowers.
5. Japanese Tree Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia x suffruticosa ‘Yagumo’
Japanese Tree Peonies are low-maintenance shrubs featuring dark purple and yellow florets with yellow fringes in the center. They do best in full sun.
6. Peter Brand Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Peter Brand’
The perennial features dark purple bowl-shaped flowers in the late spring on lance-shaped green foliage. Grow the plant in partial shade for the best colors.
7. Cherry Hill Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Cherry Hill’
The flowers are dark purple-crimson in color with golden-yellow stamens. The strong captivating aroma makes it a much-loved specimen globally.
8. First Arrival Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia ‘First Arrival’
First Arrival Itoh Peony features large flowers 6-8 inches wide in lavender with yellow fringes in the center. They produce the best colors in partial sun and a well-draining medium.
9. Island Minister Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Island Minister’
This woody shrub is hardy in nature and blooms large purple flowers with ruffled petals during early to mid-spring. The plant blooms best in full sun.
10. Martha Bulloch Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Martha Bulloch’
Martha Bulloch produces rose-like double flowers with dense pinkish-purple florets. Also, the flowers emit a subtle rose fragrance and make fantastic cut flowers.
11. Do Tell Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Do Tell’
These peonies feature purple bowl-shaped flowers with golden-yellow stamens. They look beautiful on the green foliage and emit a splendid scent.
12. Barrington Belle Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Barrington Belle’
The plant produces semi-double fragrant flowers with silky fuschia petals and a center of ruffled red staminodes with golden edges.
13. Doreen Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Doreen’
The Doreen peony holds double flowers of pink purple-pink petals with a center crown of pink staminodes with ruffled golden borders.
14. Chojuraku Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Chojuraku’
Chojuraku peonies produce double flowers with lavender petals taking a darker purple hue towards the center patch of golden staminodes.
15. Black Beauty Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Black Beauty’
One of the darkest purple shades, this makes for beautiful cut flowers and a garden addition with their subtly sweet fragrance.
