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Creamy pink double

Paeonia Garden Candy® Toot Sweet

A perfectly formed, double flower in creamy pink.

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?

  • 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. 

  • Bloom Time

    Early Summer
  • Bloom Color

    Creamy pink

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, 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. 

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