🌸 Flower
ANX-FLOWER-0000019
Chinese Peony
Paeonia lactiflora
Chinese Peony (Paeonia lactiflora), an herbaceous perennial of the Paeoniaceae family, valued for its large, fragrant, many-petaled blooms.
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- Paeoniaceae
- Plant type
- Herbaceous perennial
- Bloom color
- White or pale pink with pale yellow stamens (many cultivar colors exist)
- Bloom season
- Late spring to early summer
- Mature height
- 50-100 cm cm
- Sun requirements
- Full sun, partial shade
- Fragrance
- Strongly fragrant
- Native region
- China
Growing
Growing Conditions
- Water requirements
- Moist but well-drained soil.
- Climate requirements
- Very hardy (RHS H6), surviving winter temperatures down to -20 degrees C; needs winter chill to flower well.
- Soil types
- Deep, fertile, humus-rich clay, loam, or sand.
- Propagation method
- Division
Ecology
Pollinators & Toxicity
- Pollinator value
- Open single and semi-double flowers attract bumblebees, honeybees, and butterflies for pollen and nectar.
- Toxicity
- Mildly toxic to humans and pets if ingested, causing nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea; a skin irritant to cats and dogs.
Use
Uses & Economic Importance
- Uses
- Cut flowers, cottage garden borders, traditional Chinese medicine (root)
- Economic importance
- A major ornamental and cut-flower crop with over 3,900 years of cultivation history in China; its root is also cultivated for traditional Chinese medicine (chishao/baishao).
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