2022 Spring Hill Nursery Sells 2 New Intersectionals - Peony 'Belle Toulousaine' & Peony 'Symphone Pourpre'

When I was working on my Southern Peony 2022 Intersectional Peony Catalog Price Comparison List this week, I couldn't help but notice all of the new intersectional peony varieties on this list. I was curious to see if Spring Hill might be offering any of the new intersectional peony hybrids again this year. I was happily surprised to see they are offering for sale 2 new intersectional peonies I had never seen offered before - Intersectional Peony 'Belle Toulousaine' & Intersectional Peony 'Symphone Pourpre'.


Spring Hill Nursery Sells 2 New Intersectional Peonies
Peony 'Belle Toulousaine' & Peony 'Symphone Pourpre'
Intersectional Peony 'Belle Toulousaine' is on the Southern Peony 2022 Intersectional Peony Catalog Price Comparison List being sold by Peony Shop Holland, and Peony 'Symphone Pourpre' is not even on the list. I already had my eye on Peony 'Belle Toulousaine' being offered in Peony Shop Holland's 2022 catalog for €55.00 (about $62.74 USD today). Spring Hill Nursery is offering this Intersectional Peony 'Belle Toulousaine' variety for $79.99. They do however have a 10% off and free shipping sale going on, with coupon code 0477306. So with the lower price of $71.99 + free shipping, this seemed like a comparable price to Peony Shop Holland (when you add international shipping).


Spring Hill Nursery Coupon
10% Off Sitewide + Free Shipping on $50+
Plus with the opportunity to purchase Intersectional Peony 'Symphone Pourpre' as well, I just couldn't resist. 'Symphone Pourpre' translates from French to 'Purple Symphony' (and purple is my favorite color!). It looks like both of these varieties, Intersectional Peony 'Belle Toulousaine' & Intersectional Peony 'Symphone Pourpre', were created by French hybridizer Theirry Rat. I am grateful to see some new international intersectional peony varieties being introduced to the US.

Peony 'Symphone Pourpre' is described as:
"From our French breeder, Symphonie Pourpre is ‘Purple Symphony’, best appreciated, much like a full orchestra, as a whole plant exploding with notes of fuchsia purple. This is one of the most floriferous Itoh we have come across; the bush is covered in semi-double fuchsia flowers lightly edged with a creamy pink picotee."


Spring Hill Nursery Intersectional Offerings
Also if you search Spring Hill's site for the word "itoh" (another name for intersectional), you will find that they are actually offering several intersectional peony varieties. Please keep in mind however, that the intersectional peonies they are offering are likely cloned varieties and usually only have 1 stem. These will take much longer to get established than most roots sold from traditional peony farms. This year they are offering Intersectional Peonies 'Oochigeas', (which I purchased in 2019 Spring Hill Nursery Peony Order Arrives) 'Bartzella', 'Duchesse de Lorraine' (which I purchased in 2020 Intersectional Peony 'Duchesse de Lorraine' Arrives from Spring Hill Nursery), 'Symphonie Pourpre', 'Belle Toulousaine', 'New Millenium' and 'Joanna Marlene' (not shown). If you are able to plant these in a nice home and are able to wait a bit longer for them to get established, this might be a good chance to get some expensive or hard to find varieties for a reasonable price!

2022 Intersectional Peony Catalog Price Comparison List

It's been a little over 2 years since I published my last Intersectional Peony Catalog Price Comparison List! I hope this list aids you in your 2022 intersectional peony purchasing selections! The vendors who don't have their lists up yet still have a line through them. I'll update this information as more online peony catalogs are updated and become available.

If you'd like to compare this year's prices to prices 2 years ago, here's a link to my 2020 Intersectional Peony Catalog Price Comparison List. Enjoy!

(Also if you'd like your company to be listed here, please join the American Peony Society as a Commercial Member, since this is where I obtain my peony grower information.)


Southern Peony 2022 Intersectional Peony Price List
Intersectional Peony 'Misaka' 美 (Beautiful Blossom)

Varieties Offered	Peony Vendor	Price Change from Last Year
38	Adelman		mostly lower or same
0	Blossom Hill		same
19	Brooks		mixed, lower, same, & higher
6	Cricket Hill		same
9	Fina		mixed, lower & higher
3	Hidden Springs		higher
7	Hollingsworth		mostly lower
27	Oh My Peonies		mostly same
6	Peony's Envy		same
39	Peony Shop Holland		mostly lower
15	Solaris Farms		mixed, lower & higher
43	Swenson		mostly higher

Intersectional Peony	Price	Vendor
Al's Choice	$80.00	Brooks
Al's Choice	$85.00	Swenson
Anderson's Kaleidoscope	€18.00	Peony Shop Holland
Anderson's Kaleidoscope	$50.00	Oh My Peonies
Anderson's Kaleidoscope	$60.00	Swenson
(Anderson's) Kaleidoscope	$75.00	Brooks
Bad Hair Day	€60.00	Peony Shop Holland
Ballarena de Saval	$50.00	Adelman
Bartzella	$45.00	Adelman
Bartzella	$48.99	Hidden Springs
Bartzella	$50.00	Hollingsworth
Bartzella	$50.00	Oh My Peonies
Bartzella	$55.00	Swenson
Bartzella	$56.00	Fina
Bartzella	$79.00	Peony's Envy
Bartzella	$89.00	Cricket Hill
Belle Toulousaine	€55.00	Peony Shop Holland
Bully Buck	€750.00	Peony Shop Holland
Border Charm	$35.00	Swenson
Border Charm	$40.00	Adelman
Border Charm	$40.00	Oh My Peonies
Callie's Memory	$50.00	Swenson
Callie's Memory	$89.00	Cricket Hill
Canary Brilliants	$50.00	Oh My Peonies
Canary Brilliants	$55.00	Adelman
Canary Brilliants	$60.00	Brooks
Canary Brilliants	$79.00	Peony's Envy
Caroline Constabel	€55.00	Peony Shop Holland
Cat Whiskers	€130.00	Peony Shop Holland
Chief Black Hawk	$90.00	Brooks
Chief Black Hawk	€90.00	Peony Shop Holland
Chief Black Hawk	$95.00	Swenson
Chief Black Hawk	$100.00	Adelman
Cora Louise	$60.00	Adelman
Cora Louise	$60.00	Brooks
Cora Louise	$65.00	Oh My Peonies
Cora Louise	$79.00	Peony's Envy
Cora Louise	$89.00	Cricket Hill
Court Jester	$45.00	Swenson
Court Jester	$50.00	Oh My Peonies
Danse Du Feu	€55.00	Peony Shop Holland
Dark Eyes	$99.00	Adelman
First Arrival	$50.00	Swenson
First Arrival	$54.00	Hollingsworth
First Arrival	$58.00	Adelman
First Arrival	$60.00	Brooks
First Arrival	$60.00	Fina
First Arrival	$89.00	Cricket Hill
Fizzy	$99.00	Adelman
Fruity Flash	€50.00	Peony Shop Holland
Garden Treasure	$40.00	Solaris Farms
Garden Treasure	$48.99	Hidden Springs
Garden Treasure	$50.00	Adelman
Garden Treasure	$50.00	Brooks
Garden Treasure	$50.00	Hollingsworth
Garden Treasure	$79.00	Peony's Envy
Going Bananas	$35.00	Swenson
Gordon E. Simonson	€55.00	Peony Shop Holland
Gordon E. Simonson	$88.00	Hollingsworth
Gordon E. Simonson	$99.00	Adelman
Gordon E. Simonson	$100.00	Solaris Farms
Gordon E. Simonson	$100.00	Swenson
Hidden Treasure	$40.00	Solaris Farms
Hillary	$45.00	Adelman
Hillary	$50.00	Brooks
Hillary	$50.00	Swenson
Hillary	$55.00	Oh My Peonies
Hillary	$89.00	Cricket Hill
Joanna Marlene	$50.00	Fina
Joanna Marlene	$55.00	Adelman
Joanna Marlene	$55.00	Swenson
Joanna Marlene	$60.00	Solaris Farms
Julia Rose	$40.00	Swenson
Julia Rose	$65.00	Adelman
Julia Rose	$65.00	Brooks
Julia Rose	$65.00	Oh My Peonies
Julia Rose	$79.00	Peony's Envy
Kopper Kettle	$45.00	Fina
Kopper Kettle	$95.00	Oh My Peonies
Kopper Kettle	$99.00	Adelman
Kopper Kettle	$150.00	Swenson
Lemon Dream	$34.00	Fina
Lemon Dream	$35.00	Solaris Farms
Lemon Dream	$36.00	Adelman
Lemon Dream	$40.00	Swenson
Lemon Dream	$50.00	Brooks
Lavender Splash	€130.00	Peony Shop Holland
Lilac Flash	€120.00	Peony Shop Holland
Little Darlin'	€25.00	Peony Shop Holland
Little Edgy	€150.00	Peony Shop Holland
Lollipop	$35.00	Fina
Lollipop	$35.00	Solaris Farms
Lollipop	$45.00	Oh My Peonies
Lollipop	$60.00	Brooks
Lollipop	$60.00	Swenson
Love Affair	$60.00	Hollingsworth
Love Affair	$70.00	Solaris Farms
Love Affair	$85.00	Adelman
Love Affair	$90.00	Brooks
Luxuriant	$125.00	Brooks
Luxuriant	$125.00	Swenson
Magical Mystery Tour	$50.00	Solaris Farms
Magical Mystery Tour	$68.00	Adelman
Mock Orange Yellow	€100.00	Peony Shop Holland
Morning Lilac	$60.00	Swenson
Morning Lilac	$68.00	Adelman
Morning Lilac	$75.00	Oh My Peonies
Momo Taro (Peach Boy)	$52.00	Fina
New Millennium	$90.00	Hollingsworth
New Millennium	$99.00	Adelman
New Millennium	$100.00	Swenson
New Millennium	$125.00	Oh My Peonies
New Millennium	€185.00	Peony Shop Holland
Norwegian Blush	€28.00	Peony Shop Holland
Norwegian Blush	$50.00	Swenson
Old Rose Dandy	$35.00	Swenson
Old Rose Dandy	$40.00	Adelman
Old Rose Dandy	$40.00	Brooks
Old Rose Dandy	$40.00	Oh My Peonies
Oneida Chief	€50.00	Peony Shop Holland
Oochigeas	€55.00	Peony Shop Holland
Pastel Lilas	€55.00	Peony Shop Holland
Pastel Splendor	€22.00	Peony Shop Holland
Pastel Splendor	$35.00	Swenson
Pastel Splendor	$40.00	Oh My Peonies
Pastel Splendor	$44.95	Hidden Springs
Pastel Splendor	$48.00	Adelman
Pastel Splendor	$50.00	Brooks
Pastel Splendor	$56.00	Fina
Pastel Splendor	$89.00	Cricket Hill
Peekaboo Flash	€120.00	Peony Shop Holland
Pink Flash	€130.00	Peony Shop Holland
Prairie Charm	$30.00	Swenson
Prairie Charm	$40.00	Oh My Peonies
Predawn Beauty	$60.00	Swenson
Raggedy Ann	$75.00	Oh My Peonies
Rosy Prospects	$50.00	Swenson
Royal Blush	€35.00	Peony Shop Holland
Royal Blush	$50.00	Swenson
Ruffled Flash	€200.00	Peony Shop Holland
Saffron Innocence	$50.00	Swenson
Scarlet Heaven	$40.00	Hollingsworth
Scarlet Heaven	$40.00	Swenson
Scarlet Heaven	$48.00	Adelman
Scarlet Heaven	$79.00	Peony's Envy
Scarlet Heights	$75.00	Swenson
Scrumdidleyumptious	$100.00	Oh My Peonies
Sequestered Sunshine	$65.00	Oh My Peonies
Sequestered Sunshine	$85.00	Brooks
Shining Light	$30.00	Swenson
Singing in the Rain	$50.00	Adelman
Singing in the Rain	$50.00	Oh My Peonies
Singing in the Rain	$60.00	Brooks
Smith Family Yellow	$80.00	Adelman
Smith Opus #1 (Misaka)	$150.00	Oh My Peonies
Smith Opus #2 (Treasure)	$150.00	Oh My Peonies
Soleil D'Ambre	€55.00	Peony Shop Holland
Son Flash	€50.00	Peony Shop Holland
Sonoma Amethyst	€33.00	Peony Shop Holland
Sonoma Amethyst	$60.00	Adelman
Sonoma Amethyst	$60.00	Fina
Sonoma Apricot	$65.00	Adelman
Sonoma Apricot	$75.00	Oh My Peonies
Sonoma Blessing	€28.00	Peony Shop Holland
Sonoma Blessing	$35.00	Solaris Farms
Sonoma By the Bay	€28.00	Peony Shop Holland
Sonoma By the Bay	$80.00	Solaris Farms
Sonoma Floozy	$45.00	Adelman
Sonoma Halo	€55.00	Peony Shop Holland
Sonoma Halo	$150.00	Solaris Farms
Sonoma Halo	$185.00	Adelman
Sonoma Rosy Future	$40.00	Solaris Farms
Sonoma Rosy Future	$50.00	Adelman
Sonoma Sun	€33.00	Peony Shop Holland
Sonoma Sun	$40.00	Adelman
Sonoma Surprise	$125.00	Adelman
Sonoma Velvet Ruby	$35.00	Adelman
Sonoma Velvet Ruby	€40.00	Peony Shop Holland
Sonoma Welcome	$50.00	Adelman
Sonoma Yedo	€65.00	Peony Shop Holland
Sonoma Yedo	$185.00	Adelman
Sonoma Yedo	$199.00	Oh My Peonies
Sonoma Yedo	$250.00	Solaris Farms
Strawberry Blush	$99.00	Adelman
Strawberry Blush	$100.00	Swenson
Strawberry Blush	€150.00	Peony Shop Holland
Strawberry Creme Brulee	€55.00	Peony Shop Holland
Sunrise Flash	€130.00	Peony Shop Holland
Sunset Flash	€60.00	Peony Shop Holland
Tonka Berry	$100.00	Swenson
Tonka Burst	$150.00	Swenson
Tonka Delicacy	$150.00	Swenson
Tonka Mulberry	$200.00	Swenson
Tonka Peach	$300.00	Swenson
Tonka Pink	$100.00	Swenson
Tonka Purple	$500.00	Swenson
Tonka Sublime	$250.00	Swenson
Tonka White	$250.00	Swenson
Unique	$42.00	Adelman
Unique	$50.00	Swenson
Viking Full Moon	$40.00	Oh My Peonies
Viking Full Moon	$40.00	Solaris Farms
Watermelon Wine	$50.00	Swenson
Watermelon Wine	€55.00	Peony Shop Holland
Watermelon Wine	$75.00	Adelman
Watermelon Wine	$80.00	Brooks
Watermelon Wine	$85.00	Oh My Peonies
White Emperor	$75.00	Swenson
Yankee Doodle Dandy	$75.00	Oh My Peonies
Yellow Crown	$30.00	Solaris Farms
Yellow Dream	$60.00	Brooks
Yellow Emperor	$70.00	Oh My Peonies

2021 Cut Back Brown Peony Stems After a Rain

Wet/Damp Peony Stems Are Easier to Handle
This is something I have been doing for a few years now. If you haven't figured it out yet, the best time to cut back brown peony stems is just after a rain. (I usually do it the day after a rain so that things aren't completely soaking wet.) Otherwise the peony leaves and stems are so brittle, they break and crumble so easily making a big mess in the garden, especially if you are trying to bag and dispose of them (which you should be to prevent more disease spread).


Rain from Last Night
After a rain however, they are soft and pliable, easily bagged and stay in one piece. We got over a half inch of rain yesterday. So today was a great day to get out in the garden and work in the peonies. I am not completely finished cutting back all of my dead peony stems for the year, but I have made a big dent this week while on vacation. I hope you had some time around the holidays to get out in the garden and enjoy the nice weather. We've had an entire week of 70 degree temperatures, which is unheard of for this time of year. Sometimes you will get a day here and there over the winter in the 70s, but never an entire week!

2021 How To Cut Back a Tree Peony

Tree Peony with Dead Foliage
After a while that beautiful tree peony goes from gorgeous to gross, and you just want to erase it from your landscape. In order to get it looking decent again (and ready for spring), you need to cut it back. Cutting it back also removes parts of the stem that won't be needed next season and all of the dead foliage, which could harbor disease. The parts of the stem you will want to remove are any bloom stems that either bloomed or failed to bloom, but you don't want to cut off too much, as you don't want to lose any growth buds, which is where the peony will start to grow from in the spring.


Cut Tree Peony Bloom Stem 1" Above Top Bud
There are different ways you can cut back your peony stems and different methods of removing the foliage. I'll go over both of them here. The first way of cutting back the bloom stems is to cut the bloom stem back to 1 inch above the top growth bud on the stem. Using your pruners cut the stem at an angle (to prevent water pooling/damage) 1 inch above the leaf joint that contains a rounded, sometimes pinkish growth tip.


Tree Peony After Bloom Stem Cut 1" Above Top Bud

Tree Peony Bloom Stem Cut Back
After the bloom stem has been cut off, next the foliage stems should also be pruned. The foliage stems can be cut back to about 2 inches to leave a pointy, pokey hardened foliage stem to protect the growth bud, while the dead leaves will be removed and thrown away. These hard stems can be useful if you have a problem with animals that like to browse your tree peonies (like deer). It is not a huge obstacle, but an obstacle nonetheless, and may help protect your peonies from hungry animals.


Cut Tree Peony Leaf Stems Down to 2"
After one foliage stem has been cut back, continue cutting back all of the foliage stems on that main stem to 2 inches as well. As you are cutting the foliage, make sure you are placing it in a bucket or bag for disposal. Don't leave the dead stems and foliage on the ground underneath the tree peony. This will help with plant hygiene and health.


Cut Tree Peony Leaf Stems Down to 2"

Dispose of Tree Peony Stems & Foliage

Cut Tree Peony Bloom Stem Just Above 1 Segment Higher than Top Bud
Another way to cut back the peony bloom stem is to make your cut a little higher on the tree peony stem, one leaf segment above the top bud. This may be a useful method if you are concerned about severe cold or dieback in your peony stems. Here in my garden in the South, we don't usually have to worry about temperatures that cold. Some Northern states keep snow cover all winter to protect the peonies. However if you live in an area with extreme cold and no snow cover, you may be a bit more concerned about stem dieback. Or perhaps you've experienced stem dieback in the past, in which case this maybe the method that you choose.


Tree Peony After Bloom Stem Cut
Just Above 1 Segment Higher than Top Bud

Remove Foliage Stems from Tree Peony

Pull Down Tree Peony Foliage Stem to Pop Stem Off

Another method of removing tree peony foliage stems is pretty easy and doesn't require any clippers. You simply pop them off by pressing the foliage stem in the opposite direction than it was growing. The entire foliage stem removes cleanly. I like to use this method for any foliage segments that do not have a growth bud in them. Since there is no growth bud that needs protection, the entire foliage stem can be removed, leaving the tree peony a bit more clean.


Tree Peony After Foliage Stem Popped Off
You can then continue cutting back any foliage stems with growth buds at the base. Keep repeating these processes until you have cut back all bloom stems and removed or cut back all foliage stems as well. After you are finished with the entire tree peony plant, it will be back to stems only, be so much cleaner, and ready for spring!! Happy Garden Cleaning!!!


Cut Back Foliage Stems to 2" to Protect Growth Buds

Tree Peony Cleaned Up & Ready for Spring!

2021 Southern Peony Colors Page Updates

While working on updating the colors for the Southern Peony Colors page, I noticed that some of the colors I was adding didn't accurately match the swatches in my RHS Mini Color Chart. I was previously (until this month) using the color RGBs listed in the RHS Color Fans from the Azalea Society of America, which have some noted flaws listed here on the Azalea Society of America Color Systems page, if you are interested in a bit more depth on color matching theory. I had noticed this in the past on a couple of the colors and tried adjusting the brightness on them manually to get them to match the swatch a bit better. Since I felt the color swatches I was creating were too manual of a process and open to a bit more error, I decided to search for a different RHS RGB color chart.


Southern Peony Colors Page Navigation Bar So I found this PDF of an RHS RBG chart from the International Lilac Society - Lilac Color Groups by RHS, which I have downloaded for future reference as well, as I add new colors in the future. This RHS RBG chart seems to be much more accurate than the Azalea Society RGB charts. RGB is the numerical representations of the amount of Red, Blue, and Green that are needed make up any color in our visible color spectrum. This RGB number can be represented as either 3 separate 3-digit numbers or a single hexadecimal number. Anyway, enough color nerd stuff, the point of all this is I used these updated RGBs to remake all of the color swatches on my Southern Peony Colors page.

Don't worry, the peonies themselves haven't changed, their relationship to other peonies classified in the same color haven't changed. The only thing that has changed is that you should get a more accurate color representation on your device when you view the Southern Peony Colors page. Hopefully this all make sense and helps readers find the peony colors they are looking for, for their garden! Also while I was updating the Colors page, I also decided to update the navigation bar at the top to have a small color swatch underneath each color name (as shown in the photo above) - hopefully making the navigation a bit quicker too!  🙂