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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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.
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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.
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