When these full, fragrant blooms finally pop in spring, they’re a glory to behold.

Here are 8 beautiful flowers to plant alongside peonies for a colorful, cheerful garden.

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Burgundy peonies

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Dillon also recommends tulips, crocus, and hyacinth to plant with peonies.

She recommends siting peonies in front of lilac plantings to hide bare lower branches on the taller shrubs.

“The low-growing varietals can be placed at the front of a border with a peony behind it.

Close up of a purple hydrangea bloom

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Luckily, bearded irises come in a wide variety of shades and bicolor cultivars.

This makes them ideal to plant behind your peonies.

blushing lady daffodil

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Common lilac shrub

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blue salvia

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‘Chartreuse on the Loose’ - Catmint - Nepeta hybrid

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Closeup of purple foxglove plants

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Image: yellow bearded iris showing what the “beard” is all about.

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Tall blue violet delphiniums beginning to bloom

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