Paeonia japonica
Japanese Peony
Item #: 2397
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Unlike many of its more common and gaudy cousins, this demure woodland Japanese peony makes an 18" tall x 18" wide clump with grey-green foliage. In early spring it is topped with lovely, 3" wide, white cups fading to a dark burgundy center with yellow stamens. After flowering, the pods split to reveal gorgeous metallic-blue seeds on red stalks. Paeonia japonica is great as a deer-resistant specimen in the woodland garden or scattered throughout the shady perennial border. This is often mistakenly sold as Paeonia obovata 'Alba'.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Paeonia
Flower Color: White/Cream
Leaf Color: Green
Bloom Time: Spring
Container Role: Thrillers
Garden Themes: Cottage Garden Plants , Night Gardens , White Garden
Other: Butterfly Attracting Plants , Cut Flower Plants , Pollinator Plants , Medicinal Plants , Ornamental Seed or Fruit , Plants from Japan , Plants that Attract Birds , Rabbit Resistant Plants