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Paeonia suffruticosa |
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Tree Peony |
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Southern China |
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Erect and coarsely branched shrub |
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3-5 feet tall and 3-4 feet width |
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Red, rose pink, white and into the yellow
ranges, usually solitary, 6-8 inches wide, 8
or more petals. |
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Mid to late spring |
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Alternate, leaves are biternate, leaflets
stalked, ovate to broad-oval with 3-5 lobes, whitish
beneath. Leaves are 10-12 inches long. |
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'Alhambra' - Bright golden flowers with crinkled petals.
Vigorous grower with semidouble flowers.
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'Chinese Dragon' - semidouble, crimson flowers. Petals
are slightly crinkled. Foliage is finely dissected.
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'Hesperus' - Flowers are single, rose-pink with yellow
undertones. Petals are crinkled.
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'Joseph Rock' - Pure white petals are accented with purple
inner flares. Flowers are semidouble.
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'Leda' - Mauve-pink flowers are streaked with plum color.
The flares have a deeper color which highlights the
intensity of the blossom.
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'Marchiness' - Single flowers are creamy-mauve to very
light yellow with a rose blush.
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'Roman Gold' - Single bright yellow flowers are carried on
a compact plant.
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'Summer Night' - Rose-pink with a bronze blush.
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'Yachiyo Tsubaki' - Single coral-pink flowers.
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Discovered in
Southern China some 1600 years ago. For
centuries it was the principal flower in the Chinese
Imperial Palace Gardens. Chinese plant breeders
developed more than 300 variations of tree peony with a
wide variation in colors. |
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