Form: Perennial
Hardiness Zone: 3-8
Flowering Time: Early flowering (early mid spring)
Light Requirements: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Flower Form: Approx 5.5"", double flowers.
Foliage Type: Green foliage is divided into oval to lance-shaped segments.
Growth Rate: Slow
Height/Habit36 inches
Spread32 - 36 inches
Planting Instructions:
Harvested peony seeds can be planted immediately, directly in the garden or indoors in seedling trays or pots.
Use a blend of equal parts peat moss, perlite and vermiculite to start tree peony seeds or pick up a bag of premixed material at your garden center. Make four or five holes in the soil of each pot 3/4 inch deep. Drop one tree peony seed into each hole and cover with 3/4 inch of soil.
Root growth may commence in 4-12 weeks, after which point the sprouted seeds (identifiable by protruding white rootlet) can be planted outside as described above or put in a refrigerator for a period of cold stratification of 3 months at 40 degrees.
Soil Requirements: Well-drained, deep, fertile soil
Will Tolerate: Acidic Soil, Clay Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
Pruning: Remove spent flower stems after flowering to maintain an attractive bush type perennial all summer long.
