Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Cultivar Group (Type): Suffruticosa Tree Peony
Season of bloom: Early (week 2)
Early Midseason (week 3)
Flower Form: Semi-Double
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Depending on growing and lighting conditions, blooms are true red (scarlet or crimson), or may have a touch of blue, making them appear dark pink
Flower size: medium
Needs support: No

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: ~ 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Other: Blooms sometimes show bleaching or silvering at the edges of outer petals, but not always
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer

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Common names
  • Tree Peony
  • Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-05-24
An example of how the blooms on this plant can sometimes shade mo
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-05-28
Color fading or bleaching can occur as blooms age, but in my expe
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2023-05-17
A true red among tree peonies.  Even though this bloom is in its
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2016-05-21
This was taken either the first or the second spring after its fa
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-05-23
Unmistakably, indisputably red

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