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Golden yellow with purple stipes

Paeonia Garden Candy® Blueberry Lemonade

Yellow, semi-double flowers with deep purple streaks. Every flower is different.

Unlike Veruca Salt, after she so rudely swiped the newly invented, yet untested most amazing, fabulous, sensational gum in the world from Willy Wonka, Blueberry Lemonade stays perfectly sized with flowers held close to the leaves for a consistent look in the garden. Each lemon-yellow, double flower is different, some have many blueberry-purple stripes and some have just a few, which adds to the overall character of this beautiful plant. It's like a box of assorted edible candies, you never know which one will appear each day, but all are deliciously yummy. This selection is deer and mildew-resistant and has a lovely maroon fall color, which only adds to the appeal to gardeners, making it super easy to care for and to love.

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Who Am I?

  • Common Name

    Blueberry Lemonade ITOH peony
  • Botanical Name

    Paeonia 'Smithopus12' PPAF
  • Type

    Perennial
  • Origin

    From the brilliant, patient breeding of former MIT professor, our own Willy Wonka of flowers, Donald Smith in New England.

  • Bloom Time

    Early Summer
  • Bloom Color

    Yellow with purple stripes

Cultural Details

  • 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
  • Pruning

    Prune back any dead leaves to the ground in early spring, taking care not to disturb the new buds coming out of the soil.