General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Coral Peony

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Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2022-08-18
Fertile and infertile seeds in one pod
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2019-05-29
First bloom on a very young plant
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2022-08-09
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-05-01
Spring foliage
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2024-04-10
Noses up now :-)

Date: 2015-04-10
Photo courtesy of: David King

Date: 2012-08-15
Paeonia mascula - Wild Peony - circa 1640 SGS A
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-05-25

Photo courtesy of: Klasse im Garten
Comments:
  • Posted by Vals_Garden (Ontario, Canada - Zone 4b) on May 14, 2024 10:00 AM concerning plant:
    The mascula peonies I am growing are from seed collected by Josef Halda in 2001, notes on which can be found on the internet. I make this comment because as you can see in my pictures, the foliage is a matte dusty rose to start, changing to brownish green and then to a matte bluish-green.

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