Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Cultivar Group (Type): Other: species P. peregrina
Flower Form: Single
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: glossy red flowers with prominent yellow stamens
Flower size: large, 10-13 centimeters

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 18 to 24 inches (45-60 cm)
Leaves: Other: biternate (three sets of three leaflets), considered characteristic of the species
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer

Image
Common names
  • Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-07-23
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: 2017-05-02
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: 2017-04-06
Emerging growth
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-07-23
Location:  In my garden. Poland.
Date: 2022-05-23
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-07

Date: 2013-06-19
Photo courtesy of: Cyril Gros
Location: Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London 1918
Author M.S. del., J.N.Fitch lith.

Date: 2013-06-23
Photo courtesy of: Cyril Gros
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location:  In my garden. Poland.
Date: 2022-05-23
Location: M.San Franco, Gran Sasso d´Italia
Photo courtesy of:Michael Kesl
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-07

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Peonies Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Peonies (Paeonia)

« The Peonies Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by Zoia and is called "Ruffled Ruby"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.