• White double festiva maxima peony flower with pure white petals and small crimson flecks in the center.
  • White double festiva maxima peony flower with pure white petals and small crimson flecks in the center.
  • White double festiva maxima peony flower with pure white petals and small crimson flecks in the center.
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  • Bare Peony roots slightly covered in dirt showing long roots and multiple eyes
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Peony Roots - Festiva Maxima

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About the Variety

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Key Features

Frost Tolerant
Prefers Moist Soil
Attracts Bees
Fragrant
Easy to Grow
Perfect for Cut Flowers
Perfect for Borders
Medicinal
Deer Resistant
Rodent Resistant
Rabbit Resistant

Plant Details

BOTANICAL NAME

Paeonia

LIFE CYCLE

  • Perennial

SEED TYPE

  • Root

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

  • Full Sun

BLOOM SEASON

  • Late Spring through Early Summer

GROWTH HABIT

  • Clumping

PLANT HEIGHT

  • Up to 39 inches

PLANT TYPE

  • Double
  • Herbaceous

COLOR

  • White

Peony 'Festiva Maxima' captivates with its large, double, fragrant white blooms, occasionally adorned with splashes of crimson on the inner petals. Introduced in 1851, it quickly became a timeless favorite cherished for generations. Maintaining its allure throughout the growing season, its mounding, dark green foliage serves as an elegant backdrop. Gracing both the garden and indoor vases, Festiva Maxima offers beauty and perfume, filling the room with its presence and delightful scent.

  • • Earned the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit
  • • Vigorous plants producing abundant blossoms
  • • Early bloomer

Planting Information

PLANTING SEASON

  • Fall
  • Spring

PLANTING DEPTH

  • Top of Root Should Be No More Than 1 to 2 inches Below Soil

WATER NEEDS

  • Low

PLANT SPACING

  • 3 to 4 feet

HARDINESS ZONES

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8

Planting Guide

View our Peony Planting Guide to learn more.

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    Peony Roots - Festiva Maxima FAQs

    What size bulbs will I receive with Festiva Maxima Peony?

    Festiva Maxima Peony roots have 2 to 3 eyes per root.

    Is Festiva Maxima Peony resistant to animals or disease?

    Festiva Maxima Peony is deer resistant and rabbit resistant, meaning deer and rabbits generally avoid it due to its taste, texture, or aroma.

    Customer Reviews

    Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 1 reviews.

    This Peony has surpassed all the others. The first year brought 3 tight buds that never opened. The 2nd. Year there was an explosion of large blooms abutting each other. In other words, it seemed. So happy to be in our garden. The flecks of maroon only enhance its beauty. Hopefully everyone will have the same experience with this Peony. My grandmother had a Peony Garden & taught me everything I know. Somewhere, she is “beaming” with pleasure.

    Barbara M. 5/5 Verified

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