Characteristics

Paeonia ‘Raggedy Ann’ brings a touch of mischief to the mid-season garden. Her double pink blooms, full of texture and light movement, give the impression of petals just caught in a breeze—ruffled, relaxed, but never disorderly. There’s a golden glow at the heart of each flower, a subtle contrast that draws the eye inward. With no side buds and moderate productivity, every stem delivers one focused statement—clean, upright, and unmistakably elegant. First introduced in 1958, ‘Raggedy Ann’ has remained quietly relevant in the field: a Deluxe peony with more nuance than noise.

Origin Raggedy Ann Peony

Bred during the early era of intersectional development, ‘Raggedy Ann’ belongs to a select group of cultivars that combined perennial durability with ornamental complexity. The intersectional, or Itoh, peony was still new in the West at the time, and cultivars like this helped define the standard. Rooted in the genetics of both herbaceous and tree peonies, ‘Raggedy Ann’ shows its heritage not in grandiosity, but in control—compact, repeatable, and consistent across planting years.

INTERSECTIONAL

Intersectionals like ‘Raggedy Ann’ offer growers a pragmatic kind of beauty. The plant holds itself well—no staking, no sprawl—and the lack of side buds means all energy flows to the main bloom. It’s a format that rewards design thinking: each stem delivers one defined element. In production, that means predictability. In planting schemes, it means visual clarity.

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