This page is for our wholesale cut flower customers. The cutting season starts early to mid June into July. We cut the sturdiest, straightest and longest stems available. Some of our stems can be as long as 30" depending on the variety. Please email us at sales@finagardenspeonies.com, call 715-418-1548 or fax order to 715-837-1147. You can order by variety or color. We ship by FedEx, UPS or air cargo preferably on your account.

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Bowl of Beauty japanese style peony Bowl of Beauty: This showy Japanese form flower has large blooms comprising a row of pink guard petals encircling a mound of pale yellow to cream colored staminodes.

Expect to start cutting in mid to late June

 

Dresden Pink peony Dresden Pink: An under appreciated pink double, featuring large, symmetrical, rose-form blooms with petals edged in silver that open late in the season on sturdy long stems. Color is much the same as Sarah Bernhardt. A wonderful cutflower and a great choice for drying. (Wild & Son 1957).

Expect to start cutting in mid June

 

Edulis Superba peony Edulis Superba: For more than 170 years gardeners have looked to this classic peony to provide their landscapes and vases with a reliable, very early, pink double bloom. The medium-sized flowers are very fragrant and are held up well on long stems. Plants are vigorous and floriferous making it a classic among commercial cutflower growers. (Lemon 1824).

Expect to start cutting in early June

 

Raspberry Sundae peony Raspberry Sundae: Truly a treat for the eyes. This unique, elegant double bomb features big mounds of petals suffused in white, cream and yellow, then intermingled with a touches of raspberry pink. Sturdy 36-inch stems carry these scoops of beauty well during the midseason. The blooms make great, lasting cutflowers that are lightly fragrant. (Klehm 1968).

Expect to start cutting in early to mid June

 

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Minuet: Nothing diminuitive about this light pink, rose-form peony. Large double blooms stand tall on 40-inch stems. Foliage remains healthy throughout the growing season. Long-lasting, nicely fragrant blooms. (Franklin 1931).

Expect to start cutting in mid June

 

Sarah Bernhardt, a lovely full double light pink

Sarah Bernhardt:The classic rose-pink peony cut flower. Blooms are very large on strong and tall stems. Foliage is always a very clean medium green. Delicately fragrant


Expect to start cutting in mid June

 

Ann Cousins peony picture Ann Cousins: Magnificent white, double blooms that are very large and feature an exquisite rose-like fragrance. This 30” tall plant flowers reliably, especially for one so late in the season. It’s a vigorous grower, but the heavy flowers need support. The exhibition quality blooms add elegance to any arrangement or garden setting. (Cousins, 1946)

Expect to start cutting in mid to late June

Duchesse de Nemour

Duchesse de Nemours:  A fragrant early white double that has remained a popular choice for more than 100 years. The medium-sized flowers feature pure white guard petals encircling a center that transistions from white to light yellow and then pale green at the carpels.

Expect to start cutting early to mid June

Festiva Maxima peony picture Festiva Maxima: One of the best loved peonies as evidenced by its continued popularity over the past 150 years. It’s among the earliest white doubles to bloom in the garden each year. Large, fragrant flowers feature distinctive flecks of crimson. The tall plants are extremely floriferious, making it among the most widely grown in commerial cutflower operations. (Mielles 1851).

Expect to start cutting early to mid June

Gardenia peony flower picture Gardenia:  This blush white gets its name from its large, double flowers which are a lovely gardenia form. Opening in early midseason on medium height, strong stems, these flowers have good substance and sweetly fragrant. Foliage is dark green. (Lins 1948).

Expect to start cutting mid June

Mrs. A B Franklin Mrs. A B Franklin: Late to very late white, double rose-form peony. The pure white blooms have a wonderfully unique, but not overpowering, fragrance. Sturdy stems hold flowers well. (Franklin 1928).

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Expect to start cutting late June

Carol enormous red peony flower Carol:Enormous red-red blooms show up early in the season on this very vigorous plant. It’s a spectacular cut flower, although the stems are not as straight as many other cultivars. The fragrance is light on this officinalis x albiflora cross. (Bockstoce, 1955).

Expect to start cutting mid June

Kansas peony

Kansas: A big, bold double red with sturdy long stems. Very dependable, very vigorous, this American Peony Society Gold Medal winner is a main stay in the cutflower industry. The watermelon red flowers come early in the season and hold their color well even under hot, sunny weather conditions. (Bigger, 1940).

Expect to start cutting mid June

Paul M Wild red peony

Paul M. Wild: Opulent might be the best way to describe this big, bold ruby red double. Huge, unfading blooms with velvety petals sit atop strong long stems dressed in healthy, deep green foliage. (Wild 1964).

Expect to start cutting mid to late June

red charm peony Red Charm: Want to make a bold red statement in an arrangement? This American Peony Society Gold Medalist will deliver. Big, fully-double flowers feature glossy, scarlet petals of good substance on strong long stems. (Glassock 1944).

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Expect to start cutting early June