Itoh Peonies

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Itoh Peonies: An exciting new breed of peony! Named after the Japanese nurseryman Toichi Itoh who in 1948 was the first to succeed at doing what many thought impossible, crossing yellow tree peonies with the common garden peony. The new cultivar offers gardeners the best of both worlds: compact peony plants with attractive, bushy, deciduous foliage and colorful, large, never-before-seen flowers. While tree peonies have woody stems and stay above the ground like any other shrub in winter, garden peonies are herbaceous and die back to the ground in fall.