Paeonia Garden Candy® Sweet Treat
Looking for a Sweet Treat to add to your garden borders? Dainty, cream and light pink, semi-double flowers with ruffled edges adorn this Garden Candy® ITOH selection from the breeding of Don Smith. It’s so delicate and pretty, yet tough as nails with deer and mildew resistance and consistent flowers each year. This three-foot perennial “shrub” makes for a perfect addition to any foundation planting or mixed garden bed.
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Who Am I?
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Common Name
Sweet Treat ITOH peony -
Botanical Name
Paeonia 'Smithopus13' 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
Medum 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.