Paeonia Blaze 5b Hosta 'Bright Lights' is topped

Hosta 'Bright Lights' is topped with nice short stalks of white hummingbird-friendly flowers in early summer

each topped by heads of 10-13 outfacing

Paeonia 'Kansas' is a wonderful peony that has been another star in our heat-tolerance trials as one of the best of the doubles in our studies

The 3' wide x 3' tall clump is topped with 30" tall spikes of 6-8 large 6" wide

This is not a fern for beginners who think you can just stick everything in the midst of a bed of petunias

Paeonia Blaze 5b Hosta 'Bright Lights' is toppedIn our 6 year peony trials, Paeonia 'Blaze' has consistently been one of the most floriferous cultivars, producing up to 20 large, single, bright red flowers per clump. For us, this is an early flowering deer resistant selection, often opening in late April. Because of the flower size, staking may be helpful if rain is in your forecast when the flowers are fully open.