Peonia 'FELIX CROUSSE' perennial peony
size/type
mid-sized perennial,mid-sized perennial
usual height
0,7-0,8m
usual width
0,5-1m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
June
location
full sun
soil type
any (acidic to alkaline)
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)
4 (down to -34°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Felix Crousse is a perennial peony from France, bred and introduced by Felix Crousse in 1881. It produces large and heavy, fully double, bright magenta flowers with weak fragrance. Flowers open from about mid June atop slender stems which need support in full bloom. Deciduous leaves are rather thick, deep green, glossy, and palmately divided. These peonies are great plants not only for perennial beds and borders, they also look very elegant combined with shrubs and trees where they soften their woody structures. They also make beautiful cut flowers, though, they never last more than a week. They are one of the easiest perennials to grow – just make sure you don’t put their rhizomes too deep. Then you'll have no trouble whatsoever - they can take almost any kind of weather caprice and full neglect. Peonies are long-lived plants, there can be found some 100 years old specimens in royal gardens and arboretums.
Peonies need fertile, well-drained, preferably moist soil. If you want to be generous to them water them freely on hot and dry days, and feed them annually after they roll up foliage completely. This way you can enhance their vigour, and plants will keep their flowers longer and look healthier. Still, this extra care is not required, once established they will grow without help. They don’t like transplanting. If you need to reduce the clump size, remove the unwanted part leaving the rest of the rhizomes in soil, untouched. Fully hardy to about -34 °C (USDA zone 4), many even down to -40 °C (USDA zone 3).
Last update 03-06-2024
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- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
