Paeonia Le Charme Speirantha blue-purple flowers top the narrow

blue-purple flowers top the narrow

the plants are topped with stalks of light lavender flowers

the golden foliage is highlighted by contrasting cobalt-blue flowers

although it's certainly tolerant of short term drought

Colocasia esculenta 'Elepaio' is a true curiosity and what we call a "fun" plant for the garden

Paeonia Le Charme Speirantha blue-purple flowers top the narrowPaeonia 'Le Charme' is a 1964 Paeonia lactiflora hybrid from Martin Eliason that's been a standout in our peony heat tolerance trials. Paeonia 'Le Charme' produces an abundance of 3' tall, sturdy, well branched stems each topped with a huge cluster of large rosy pink, deliciously fragrant flowers starting in mid May (NC). Each flower is composed of a large, ruffled double layer of outer petals, highlighted by a stunning central cluster of creamy