I paid $99 for my first Itoh peony ‘Bartzella’ about seven years ago. It boasts huge bright-yellow double flowers, stained red in the center, making it a dramatic showpiece in my spring garden.

Blooms can be 10 inches across on plants about three feet tall. They bloom in mid-spring and may grow in a large pot, but thrive best as a small-shrub border or in a garden, in partial shade or full ...

July is a great month for blossoms − on trees, shrubs and perennials. Here are a few of Henry Homeyer's favorite July plants.

Itoh peonies are a hybrid of herbaceous and tree peonies; they die back to the ground but their flowers are large like tree peonies. All peonies range in height from two to six feet tall ...

An Itoh peony, a yellow one, would add some variety to the colors in the flower beds. Bartzella popped up in a nursery, and the cost — around $30 — seemed well worth it, especially watching it ...

And thus the Itoh peony was born. See also: Redbuds - what’s old is new again True to Itoh’s original goals, today’s Itoh peonies bear the best genes of both parents.

Itoh peonies (or intersectional hybrids) have been around since the 1940s but until recently, these crosses were extremely difficult to find and you could expect to pay over $1,000 for one.

These peonies are named for Toichi Itoh, the first hybridizer to successfully cross a tree peony with an herbaceous peony in the 1940s. Picking a peony There are many fabulous Itohs to choose from.

The author notes that hydrangeas, which are perennial everywhere, are noted for being pink or red growing in alkaline soil such as our own, blue on acidic soil, and purple on “neutral to slightly” I ...

Some of the newest peony hybrids, intersectional or Itoh peonies, are hybrids between herbaceous and tree peonies. They die to the ground like their herbaceous parent and can grow in climates like ...

Bushy with big blooms, Itohs blend the best of herbaceous, tree peonies A bit spendy, this sought-after hybrid, with its multi-colored flowers and lush foliage, offers plenty of bang for your buck ...