Paeonia Itoh ‘Bartzella’

Genus:Paeonia
Species:hybrid
Variety:’Bartzella’
Item Form:Bareroot
Zone:3 – 8
Bloom Start to End:Late Spring – Early Summer
Habit:Upright
Plant Height:3 ft
Plant Width:3 ft;Bloom Size:9 in
Additional Characteristics:Double Blooms,Easy Care Plants,Fragrance,Free Bloomer
Bloom Color:Red,Yellow
Foliage Color:Dark Green
Light Requirements:Full Sun,Part Shade
Moisture Requirements:Moist, well-drained
Resistance:Cold Hardy,Deer Resistance,Disease Resistant,Heat Tolerant,Pest Resistant
Soil Tolerance:Clay,Normal, loamy,Poor
Uses:Border,Cut Flowers

Thankfully more affordable than the $1,000 a division it was priced at as late as 1999, Paeonia Itoh ‘Bartzella’ is unsurpassed among Peony for beauty, fragrance, or sheer,?floriferousness! Featuring zesty yellow, double blooms measuring 9 inches across, it would be remarkable if it didn’t have the vigor to produce more than 80 flowers a season on a single plant.

The magnificent flowers, whorled like a rose, have creamy meringue outer layers with a more rich, yellow center, where hints of a red base become visible as the bloom unfolds. The most popular cut-flower, Paeonia Itoh ‘Bartzella’ last for several weeks in the vase, their scent remaining as fresh and enticing as their petals. A single plant will provide enough flowers to keep your vases full.

Blooming in between the Tree Peonies and their Herbaceous cousins, Paeonia Itoh ‘Bartzella’offers,?shrubby habit, fragrance, luscious bloom color and larger bloom size, excellent resistance to Peony Blight, tolerance of heat, humidity, cold, and poor soil, and extended bloom season. Reaching,?about 3 feet in height and width in sun or light shade, it is not a target for rabbits or deer, and is quite long-lived, blooming for decades.

Typically cast as a cut-flower, Paeonia Itoh ‘Bartzella’ blooms hold their color in the garden for weeks.

Zones 3-8