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Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt in the field

When you think of a peony, Sarah Bernhardt is by far the best known and most loved through out the world. We love to grow them too..

Colour
Pink
Bud size
30 – 50 mm
Flower size
100 – 200 mm
Fragrance
Fragrant
Flowering period
Late
Flower shape
Double flowered
Sarah Bernhardt – photo 1
Sarah Bernhardt – photo 2
Sarah Bernhardt – photo 3

The One Everyone Knows

Full-petalled, late-season — Sarah opens slowly into a flower the colour of peach blossom. The bud needs to feel soft before you cut: too tight and she may never open, just right and you've got ten days in the vase. The popularity isn't an accident — once she's open, she does the work.

Origin

We love to grow them too — and we're hardly the first. Monsieur Lemoine bred Sarah Bernhardt in France in 1906 and named the variety after the famous French actress, the most celebrated stage performer of her age. The name carries the same energy as the flower: dramatic, iconic, hard to look past.

I’ll see you right with this one. Pick a bunch size and a delivery date — I’ll do the rest.

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