Before the first hummingbird of summer arrives, Big Ben fills your garden with blooms so deeply fragrant they stop you mid-step. The scent is classic peony — sweet, rich, and unmistakably June.
This beloved herbaceous peony grows into a full, rounded clump of 24–36 inches tall and wide, earning its place as a dependable border anchor. Give it full sun to part shade and well-drained, fertile soil, and it will reward you for decades — each year flowering more generously than the last. Plant the bare-root divisions with the eyes no more than 1–2 inches below the soil surface; burying them too deeply is the most common reason peonies refuse to bloom. Cut the foliage back to the ground after the first hard frost in fall. Hardy in USDA zones 3–8.
Big Ben is equally at home in the garden and in a vase, making it a favorite for both landscape planting and late-spring cutting.
Choose Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 shipping at the same price — both options ship at the right planting time for your region.
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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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