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Tree Peony (Paeonia sp.)
Tree Peony [PEE-oh-nee] plants are, in fact, woody, perennial shrubs. They produce huge, colorful flowers and interesting foliage that dies back in the winter, leaving bare stems until spring.

Tree Peony, Moutan Peony
The so-called Tree Peony is really a deciduous shrub, with flowers up to 1 foot across. Single, semi-double, and double, silky-petaled blooms are white, pink, lavender, purple, yellow, and bicolor.

( Artemis Tree Peony )
'Artemis' is an upright, sparsely branched, deciduous tree peony with red-tinged shoots and dark green red-stalked leaves, blue-green beneath, deeply cut into pointed lobes.

Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree peony)
Paeonia suffruticosa Photo/Illustration: Scott Phillips
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Tree peony flowers and plant habit
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Paeonia sp. tree peony, purple
deciduous, average care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 4a thru 8b ...

Common name Tree peony
Botanical name Paeonia
Group Deciduous shrubs
Flowering time Mid-spring
Planting time Autumn to early spring
Height and Spread Variable
Hardiness Hardy
Difficulty Easy to moderate ...

Chinese Tree Peony [English]: Paeonia suffruticosa 'La Reine Elizabeth'
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Oxydendrum arboreum Sourwood Botanical Name Common Name Pachysandra procumbens Allegheny Pachysandra Pachysandra terminalis Japanese Pachysandra Pachysandra terminalis 'Variegata' Pachysandra (syn. 'Silver Edge') Paeonia suffruticosa Tree Peony ...

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200 (300)cm, an erect, multi-branching Chinese tree peony with rose, crimson red to intense lilac, large flowers and star-like seed capsules in autumn. This is the real wild form of the species with variable flower colors.

I have been offered a tree peony and it is an old one. It is April and I am on the west coast. Can I dig it out now? Can I split it or ? I am afraid this owner is going to dig and throw it out this summer so I want to do something now if I can.

Paeonia suffruticosa--Tree Peony, Moutan Peony
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The resulting plants had the leaf and flower characteristics of a semidouble tree peony but died to the ground each fall -- a major characteristic of herbaceous peonies.

Peonies (and even Tree Peonies) may need staking or ringing with age, as their oversize inflorescences will weight down when wet or when the basal crown becomes too large. Tree Peony also goes by the name of Paeonia arborea, ...

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Paeonia suffruticosa [Tree Peony] Common Name List
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