Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Flower Form: Single
Flower Color: Red
Orange
Flower color description: The original species form "red or purplish-red flowers with 9- 12 petals" "Filament dark purple. ... 2-5 glabrous carpels; purple stigmas. " Aging blooms turn bronze
Flower size: Small to medium

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 3-5 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Green
Orange
Pink
Purple
Red
Russet
White
Yellow
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
5"-6"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Stratify seeds
Suitable for wintersowing
Other info: Does NOT transplant well.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Tree Peony
  • Peony

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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-05-14

Date: 2014-05-15
Photo courtesy of: Steve Garvie
Location: Laurel Ridge tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-05-26
Paeonia delavayi - native form; bloom in transition from dark red
Location: Laurel Ridge tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-05-24
Paeonia delavayi - native form, not a cultivar.  Young bloom that
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15

Date: 2014-05-15
Photo courtesy of: Steve Garvie

Date: 2011-05-30
Courtesy Peony Paradise
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Date: 2010-05-11
Photo courtesy of: jackl-dee
Location: Jardin des Plantes de Paris
Photo courtesy of:Pancrat

Photo courtesy of:Steve Law
Location: Parc floral de Paris
Photo courtesy of:Liné1
Location: Parc floral de Paris
Photo courtesy of:Liné1
Location: Laurel Ridge tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2016-05-26
Paeonia delavayi - the native form, not a cultivar.  Green carpel
Location: Laurel Ridge tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2016-05-24
Paeonia delavayi - native form, not a cultivar.  Blooms open as t
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15

Date: 2010-05-11
Photo courtesy of: jackl-dee

Date: 2010-05-11
Photo courtesy of: jackl-dee

Photo courtesy of:Steve Law
Location: Jardin des Plantes de Paris
Photo courtesy of:Pancrat
Location: Jardin des Plantes de Paris
Photo courtesy of:Pancrat

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