General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring

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Common names
  • Tree Peony
  • Peony
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Paeonia delavayi subsp. lutea
  • Synonym: Paeonia lutea
  • Synonym: Paeonia delavayi var. lutea

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-05-14
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 2011-10-01
Paeonia delavayi subsp. lutea

Photo courtesy of:Kurt Stüber

Photo courtesy of:Kurt Stuber

Date: c. 1912
photo [as P. lutea] from 'The Garden', August 17, 1912

Date: 2009-05-07
Photo courtesy of: Leonora Enking
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15

Photo courtesy of: A. Barra

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