You’ll catch the scent before you even see the blooms — Paula Fay opens in late spring to early summer with large, warm-toned flowers that stop people mid-step on the garden path. She’s a classic herbaceous peony: the kind that gets better with age, producing fuller, more generous blooms as the clump matures and settles into her spot.
Plant her where she’ll receive full sun to part sun and make sure the soil is fertile and well-drained — peonies reward good planting with decades of loyalty. Set the eyes no more than one to two inches below the soil surface; plant too deep and she’ll sulk instead of bloom. She’ll reach 24–36 inches tall and wide, making her equally at home in a border or a cutting garden vase. Hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Cut stems back to the ground after the first hard frost in fall.
Paula Fay is the kind of plant you plant once and enjoy for the rest of your gardening life.
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Peonies ship in fall (September–November) when fully dormant and bare root.
Fall planting gives roots a full season to establish in warm soil before winter. Cold stratification triggers strong, healthy spring growth and reliable bloom production. Spring-shipped peonies experience root damage during active growth, transplant shock during their bloom cycle, and often lose an entire growing season.
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