Welcome to Hollingsworth Peonies®
Program Update – April 14th, 2025
Hollingsworth Peonies is proud to offer our Missouri Grown peonies to our retail and wholesale customers. We cultivate our peonies in accordance with the Integrated Pest Management protocol (IPM) and the supervision of the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the USDA right here in the United States. Because our products are never imported, they are not only healthy and completely adopt to North American growing conditions, but they are also not subject to tariffs when shipped nationwide. We are licensed to ship to all states except Hawaii.
Our peonies are grown right here in our own fields, completely independent of international supply chains, embargoes or outside markets. That means they will not be affected by tariffs or global disruptions. What we have growing in the fields will be ready for you this fall — so when you place an order with us, you can do so with confidence, knowing you’ll receive exactly what you asked for, at the price we agreed on, and at the optimal time when peonies should be planted.
Our catalog published in January, and we are incredibly pleased to be able to maintain the same prices for the remainder of this year. These prices are carefully determined based on factors such as labor costs, taxes, insurance, and the wages and benefits we provide to our workers. A dozen families depend on the income generated at our farm. Our revenue stays here in northwest Missouri, supporting our local communities.
With tariffs and supply chain disruptions continuing to impact growers and changes occurring daily, we believe it is more important than ever to make locally grown peonies accessible — especially to our fellow American specialty crop growers. That is why we are considering harvesting additional fields this fall, to help meet the demand for healthy, reliable peony roots at a fair price and to support others in planning for a strong season ahead.
If you are an American specialty crop farmer, cut flower grower, independent nursery, or landscaper interested in peonies, please visit our Wholesale Landing Page to learn how to become a wholesale client. For orders that exceed our current availability, please email us with what you may need for a more tailored focus on what we can harvest in addition to the current harvest schedule.
Depending on demand, we are happy to harvest beyond our initial plan. Please reach out early, as incorporating additional fields into our program requires more resources and in particular labor. We must arrange it in advance.
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WELCOME TO THE NEW CATALOG!
Welcome to an exciting new year filled with fresh updates and even better peony offerings! We’re delighted to bring you the finest peony roots, as we unveil this year’s brand new catalog on a cutting edge platform that’s designed to shine on computers and smartphones alike. Whether you’re shopping from home or on the go, the new cart will seamlessly adapt to any device making the experience easy.
Also with the new year some important improvements are being made to how we ship. We’re saying goodbye to USPS Flat Rate boxes and introducing technology that calculates shipping charges in real time. We’re keeping payment options simple and flexible by still accepting check or money order. (Please note for those using cards or other electronic payments, a small transaction fee will apply which is simply the processing fee from the payment processor.)
Along with changes to our catalog and shopping cart, we’re also announcing our new website is up and running! However, we’re still in the process of moving all the content from our previous platform to the new one. Throughout the year, we will be transferring information and adding exciting new features, but for now we’ve added our full assortment of peonies with updated images and we’ve made it easier than ever to shop from the catalog by adding links for seamless navigation. Our goal is to have all variety descriptions updated as quickly as possible! Once the transfer is complete, we’ll connect the new site to hollingsworthpeonies.com. Your patience and understanding is greatly appreciated by our staff. We can’t wait to share the full experience with you!
We’re so grateful to have you along on the journey of our Hollingsworth hybridizing and field production program, where we grow some of the world’s best, award-winning peony cultivars. We love sharing our progress with you, and we hope you’ll check out regular updates in the green information box on our homepage. Your support means the world to us, and we’re excited to hear about your experiences as we head into another year on the farm and look forward to the new growing season!
Happy Gardening,
The Hollingsworth Peonies Staff
EVENTS IN 2025 & 2026
Kansas City Flower Show
Meet us at the Kansas City Flower Show.
February 27th – March 1nd, 2026
Bartle Hall – Downtown Kansas City
For details click on the event logo.
Bloom’ Peony Tour
Visit our peony farm during peak bloom.
Hollingsworth Peonies – Burlington Jct., MO
May 17th – 18th, 2025
For details click on the event logo.
Abbey Peony Garden
See peonies at the Monastery Park
Visit during the bloom season in May
Conception Abbey – Conception, Missouri
For more information click on the image
NEW CULTIVAR RELEASE 2025
‘Rouge Harlequin‘
This new single flower form peony stands apart. In contrast to the existing assortment, this new variety is unique in both flower color and plant habit. The flower opens white with brilliant shades of purply pink to fuchsia markings on the outside and the inside of the petals. The color soon changes to shades of lace and pink pearl to lavender markings before the petals drop. The plant boasts an exceptional plant habit, the stems are of a burnished bonze color which the stems retain throughout the growing season. Abundant foliage covers the pant well. The leaves are quite large and of an unusual dark, blue green color. After the petals drop the dark stems, foliage and the shiny dark purple of the fool’s hat shaped seed pods provide an after-season appeal to the sunny border. The dried stems with seed pods make interesting components to flower arrangements. For more information and images of this peony visit the peony catalog.
Peonies From Our Farm
Delivered Directly to You
We are a proud, registered peony grower and hybridizer based in the heart of the Midwest. Our farm in northwest Missouri is home to a large variety of herbaceous peonies, including Lactiflora (bush peonies), hybrid peonies, Itoh hybrids (intersectional hybrids), and even species selections like Fernleaf and other Paeonia species. We offer a diverse assortment of cultivars for every peony lover!
Our incredibly hardy herbaceous peonies thrive in the tough Midwest climate with its hot, humid summers and freezing, cold winters. Grown in open fields, they’re harvested from late summer to early fall, perfectly acclimated to North American growing conditions.
For the best results, bare root peonies should be planted in the fall when they are dormant. That’s why we only ship freshly dug, high quality bare roots in the fall, ready for immediate planting. All of our peonies are 3 to 5 years old and have flower bud initials at harvest. This means many of them may even bloom the first year after planting. We’re excited to share our beautiful peonies with you, and we’re confident they’ll thrive in your garden!
PLEASE BE AWARE ORDERS ARE ONLY SHIPPED FROM SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER. WE DO NOT SHIP PEONIES ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR.
Why Choose
Hollingsworth Peonies®?
At Hollingsworth Peonies, we take great pride in offering some of the healthiest and most resilient peony varieties in the world. We never sell imported roots or plant foreign root stock — everything we offer is farm grown with care. Our fields, plants, and roots are regularly inspected by the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the USDA, ensuring that our program maintains the highest quality and integrity. We’re also proud members of the Missouri Grown program, further showcasing our commitment to excellence.
We’ve implemented the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) protocol and follow strict exclusion quarantines to keep our root stock strong and healthy. The result? Beautiful, award-winning peonies that are truly the best you’ll find anywhere. Trust us, when you choose our peonies you’re getting top quality plants that will thrive in your garden for years to come!
Hybridizing & Growing Perfect Peonies
We remain committed to breeding and growing extraordinary peonies and are proud to introduce new cultivars regularly. All of our peonies are registered with the International Cultivar Registration Authorities (ICRA) and their designated registrar for the genus Paeonia (Peony), the American Peony Society. We are also working with the United States Trademark and Patent Office and the USDA Plant Variety Protection Office. Therefore, certain peonies offered in this catalog may be subject to statutory Breeder Rights and Patents. Listing and classification in this catalog conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP). Any variety sold through our online catalog is furnished with an end-user license only and may be subject to export restrictions.
With the acquisition of the Klehm’s peonies we are currently growing over one thousand registered cultivars and tens of thousands of specific epithets that are seedlings, advanced selections, and breeding stock. Each of our registered varieties is evaluated and selected according to the definition and objective of each label. Below you will find our Hollingsworth Best Peonies™ labels.
Explore Our Peonies By Best Use
Peonies are known to most gardeners for their spectacular flowers and luxuriant foliage, especially throughout spring, as the colorful shoots rapidly unfold and go through their almost sensuous expansion to the fullness of flowering. In these respects any peonies are predominant players in the rising crescendo of the early garden.
When it comes to selecting among the peonies for particular uses, the task becomes more complex, for there is a rich diversity of choices available. In order to take all of this diversity into account, it is helpful to see them as they grow. But, this is not always possible. Accordingly, in preparing our descriptions we give priority to information felt to be useful in choosing cultivars to be placed in the more viewed areas, where grooming work is a priority. In addition we have divided our peony varieties into four groups based on their utility and best use.
For more information please click the hyperlink (underlined and highlighted in red color) or
simply click the image of the variety you are interested in.
FLOWER GARDEN &
LANDSCAPE PEONIES
This mark is reserved for only those varieties that are beautiful and excel in a flower garden setting. They are the result of selecting for superior garden and landscape performance. Peonies in this class have excellent plant habit and many do not require staking.
CUT FLOWER GARDEN
PEONIES
This brand is reserved for varieties that excel in the cut flower garden. Peonies in this class have stems long enough for cutting and can be used for beautiful flower arrangement. These peonies are tall and need mechanical support or staking.
MAKE YOUR GARDEN
COME ALIVE! ™
Peonies are excellent food plants for pollinators. These cultivars are frequented by honey bees, bumble bees and other beneficial insects. Use these plants to create your own pollinator friendly area.
PEONIES FOR THE
FRAGRANT GARDEN
This mark is reserved for varieties that have outstanding fragrance. Peonies in this class make excellent additions to a fragrant garden.