General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Garden Peony
  • Chinese Peony
  • Peony
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Paeonia lactiflora
  • Synonym: Paeonia albiflora

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Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-14
A fly visiting a dewy peony bloom.  ('Loveliness', heirloom, not
Location: Twisp

Date: c. 1896
illustration [as P. albiflora] from Step's 'Favourite Flowers of

Date: 1815
illustration [as P. albiflora] by Syd. Edwards from 'The Botanica

Date: c. 1915
photo of 6 named peony varieties from the 1915 catalog, Bertrand

Date: c. 1815
illustration [as Pæonia albiflora] from 'Curtis's Botanical Maga

Date: 2009-04-30
Photo courtesy of: TANAKA Juuyoh

Date: 2009-05-24
Photo courtesy of: NjuTIKA
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-14
Good example of a double form peony bloom with guard petals sligh
Uploaded by SongofJoy
Location: my garden, Zone 7A NC
Date: 2011-05-11

Date: c. 1915
photo of Japanese peonies from the 1915 catalog, Bertrand Farr, W

Date: c. 1915
photo of 9 named peony varieties from the 1915 catalog, Bertrand

Paeonia lactiflora var. pottsii circa 1831 SGS A

Date: 2009-04-30
Photo courtesy of: TANAKA Juuyoh

photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-09
Spring growth

photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-06-06
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-06-06
Location: my garden zone 7A Cape Cod, MA
Date: 2017-06-18
New plant
Uploaded by sgardener
Location: Jardin des Plantes de Paris
Photo courtesy of: Pancrat

Date: 2009-05-30
Photo courtesy of: liz west
Location: New York Botanical Garden.
Date: 2012-05-26
Photo courtesy of: Kelvinsong
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Some are still in cultivation by arctangent Jan 26, 2021 6:45 PM 0

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