Common names:
Chinese Peony
Garden Peony
Peony

Also sold as:
  • Dancing Butterfly
  • Dancing Butterflies
  • Little Medicine Man

Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Cultivar Group (Type):Herbaceous Hybrid
Season of bloom:Late (week 6)
Flower Form:Bomb
Needs support:No

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Fern
Life cycle:Other
Sun Requirements:Full Shade
Water Preferences:In Water
Wet
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 2
Fruit:Pops open explosively when ripe
Flowers:Nocturnal
Propagation: Seeds:Sow in situ
Pollinators:Beetles
Conservation status:Extinct in the Wild (EW)

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