Peony Temple of Mars Ultor

Peony Temple of Mars Ultor is an Early Midseason semi-double red Peony Herbaceous Hybrid, up-facing, semi-double red, smooth flower bud, opens to beautifully deep red flower with a 'golden center' of yellow stamens, excellent flower-head presentation, smooth heads turning open as red roses, flower size 5.5 inch / 15 cm, flower bud 1.8 inch / 4.5 cm. Has average 4 very hairy green carpels with normal shaped light pink stigmas. Has pollen and set seeds. 1 flower per stem. Vigorous grower, upright growth habit, healthy green foliage, broad pointed leaves. average height 25.5 inch / 65 cm. First bloomed 2012, first year propagate 2014. Nice garden plant. (Joshua Scholten - Peony Shop Holland, Lutjebroek, The Netherlands, 2022).

Name Derivation:

Temple of Mars Ultor

'Temple of Mars Ultor' was a sanctuary in Ancient Rome, dedicated in 2 BC to the god Mars. It was founded by Emperor Augustus in the Forum of Augustus. If still in use by the 4th-century, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, when the Christian Emperors issued edicts prohibiting non-Christian worship.

Originator: Joshua Scholten | Peony Shop Holland
Group: Hybrid
Introduction Year: 2022
Country: Netherlands
Height: 26"
Bare root size: 3/5 eye
Size Weight
3/5 eye 250 gram
Perennial Box Size (standard) = 24" x 16" x 9" or, 60cm x 40cm x 23cm

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Peony Temple of Mars Ultor is one of the many special red peonies that we grow at Peony Shop Holland

Regarding Peony growers "Peonyshop.com" Peony Shop Holland

Peony Nursery Peony Shop Holland peonyshop.com now a days specifically centers on increasing unique, good best quality peonies. It hasn't always been this situation. This specific company has an unique history with the starting point in the year 1875 with Simon Scholten that also was growing fruit and vegetables for money.

During the year 2001 this specific company made up their new-found marketing and advertising-title & brand "Peonyshop.com" and as a result they began centering on growing unique peonies. Within the year 2002 this corporation opened their very own online peonyshop.com together with Peonies & Buxus. In the year 2003 Joshua Scholten started with raising peonies. After that in 2004 the particular corporation started to export peonies out of the Netherlands all-around Europe, America plus Asia.

Right now our peony nursery is specialized in maximizing and spreading exceptional, premium quality peony roots that can be marketed and released world-wide. Furthermore the particular firm additionally reduce peonies mainly helping the Dutch peony flower marketplace.

The most important things we pride:
  • The premium quality of our own product
  • Our ability to foreign trade world-wide
  • The best extensive assortment of red peonies like Temple of Mars Ultor
  • The peony nursery of substantial potential red peonies for the garden.

About growing Temple of Mars Ultor a semi-double red peony

The fall is really a suitable period of time for planting peony plants. A lot of peonies tend to be extremely long-lived plants staying alive close to 50 to 70 yrs, so as soon as a person have them selected and planted correctly, an individual will certainly benefit from the plants for a long time. These plants like some sort of shiny location with a well-drained dirt. A good air movement available the plant is required. These kind of settings support this type of plants to prevent disease problems. To arrange the planting hole intended for a bare-root peony plant, dig the dirt to a depth of 12-18". Utilize a garden fork to loosen the sides of the growing hole at the same time. It is usually really important and vital that the particular "eye", or growth, nodes, located near the bottom of the old stem, end up no greater than Two " under the soil area.