Paeonia Garden Candy® Toot Sweet
If you seek perfection in sugar confection, you'll need to plant Toot Sweet in your garden. Perfectly formed creamy pink flowers float just above the deep olive-green foliage for a stunning early summer combination. Part of the Garden Candy® series from breeder Don Smith, Toot Sweet will not disappoint with its pretty 4" flowers, beautiful shape, and deer and mildew resistance to boot. Add some sweetness to your garden with this new selection and add some color to your fallscape with lovely maroon fall leaves.
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Who Am I?
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Common Name
Toot Sweet ITOH peony -
Botanical Name
Paeonia 'Smithopus3' PPAF -
Type
Perennial -
Origin
From the brilliant, patient breeding of New England's own Willy Wonka of flowers, Donald Smith.
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Bloom Time
Early Summer -
Bloom Color
Creamy pink
Cultural Details
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Bloom Time
Early Summer -
Size
3' tall by 3' wide -
Hardiness Zone
3-8a -
Light
Full sun -
Soil
Average garden soil -
Moisture
Moist, but well drained and drought tolerant after established -
Disease & Pests
Mildew and deer resistant -
Landscape Use
Borders, foundations, middle to back of the border -
Propagation
Divisions, Tissue Culture -
Pruning
Prune back any dead leaves to the ground in early spring, taking care not to disturb the new buds emerging from the soil.