Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Early (week 2)
Flower Form: Single

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Chinese Peony
  • Garden Peony
  • Peony
Also sold as:
  • Dancing Butterfly
  • Dancing Butterflies
  • Little Medicine Man

Photo Gallery
Location: Poland
Date: 2023-06-07
The true queen of my garden. Eleven years in the ground, more beu
Location: Poland
Date: 2023-06-07
Dancing Butterfly at its best :) These lovely blooms make me thin
Location: Poland
Date: 2023-06-07
At first the color is quite intense and then it becomes lighter e
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2017-04-24
Location: At a garden centre, UK
Date: 2014-05-31
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2017-06-08
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2007-06-01
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2017-06-08
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2014-06-10
Uploaded by farmerbell
Location: Breezy Knees garden, York, UK
Date: 2020-06-20
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2007-05-31
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2007-06-01
Location: in my Zone 2b yard near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Date: July 1, 2013
Dancing Butterflies is a single pink peony also known by the name
Location: in my Zone 2b yard near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2013-07-01
Dancing Butterflies flowers fold up and close each evening.

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