Treat your eyes with some stunning Purple Peony Varieties and fill your yard with a dreamy and floral display!
Do you admire the lovely shades of violet? These beautiful Purple Peony Varieties with their subtle sweet fragrance will have your heart!
Purple Peony Varieties
1. Takara Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia ‘Treasure’
This peony features wide florets of pale yellow with a pink-purple tint that fades to pale white in the center as the flower matures.
2. Tree Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Kokuryu Nishiki’
The deciduous flowering shrub blooms semi-double dark purple blooms with white veins on the outer petals.
3. Morning Lilac Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia ‘Morning Lilac’
The soft crinkled petals have a lilac color with a deep purple hue towards the center. The strong dark green foliage gives the flowers a striking contrast.
4. Adolphe Rousseau Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Adolphe Rousseau’
Adolphe Rousseau peonies are noted for their beautiful semi-double or double dark purplish-burgundy flowers.
5. Japanese Tree Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia x suffruticosa ‘Yagumo’
Japanese Tree Peonies are low-maintenance shrubs featuring dark purple and yellow florets with yellow fringes in the center. They do best in full sun.
6. Peter Brand Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Peter Brand’
The perennial features dark purple bowl-shaped flowers in the late spring on lance-shaped green foliage. Grow the plant in partial shade for the best colors.
7. Cherry Hill Peony
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Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Cherry Hill’
The flowers are dark purple-crimson in color with golden-yellow stamens. The strong captivating aroma makes it a much-loved specimen globally.
8. First Arrival Peony
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Botanical Name: Paeonia ‘First Arrival’
First Arrival Itoh Peony features large flowers 6-8 inches wide in lavender with yellow fringes in the center. They produce the best colors in partial sun and a well-draining medium.
9. Island Minister Peony
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Botanical Name: Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Island Minister’
This woody shrub is hardy in nature and blooms large purple flowers with ruffled petals during early to mid-spring. The plant blooms best in full sun.
10. Martha Bulloch Peony
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Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Martha Bulloch’
Martha Bulloch produces rose-like double flowers with dense pinkish-purple florets. Also, the flowers emit a subtle rose fragrance and make fantastic cut flowers.
11. Do Tell Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Do Tell’
These peonies feature purple bowl-shaped flowers with golden-yellow stamens. They look beautiful on the green foliage and emit a splendid scent.
12. Barrington Belle Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Barrington Belle’
The plant produces semi-double fragrant flowers with silky fuschia petals and a center of ruffled red staminodes with golden edges.
13. Doreen Peony
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Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Doreen’
The Doreen peony holds double flowers of pink purple-pink petals with a center crown of pink staminodes with ruffled golden borders.
14. Chojuraku Peony
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Botanical Name: Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Chojuraku’
Chojuraku peonies produce double flowers with lavender petals taking a darker purple hue towards the center patch of golden staminodes.
15. Black Beauty Peony
Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora ‘Black Beauty’
One of the darkest purple shades, this makes for beautiful cut flowers and a garden addition with their subtly sweet fragrance.