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Paeonia Hybrids |
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Peony, Chinese Peony, Hybrid Peony |
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China,
Mongolia and
Siberia |
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Round growth habit |
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3 feet tall plant with equal spread |
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Various colors,
depending upon cultivars selected. Flowers are
3-6 inches wide, very fragrant, outer sepals
leaf like, 8 or more petals, which are large and
broad. Flower types include single, double and
anemone. The peony fragrance can be very sweet
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Late spring to
early summer |
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alternate, biternate, leaflets
elliptical to lanceolate, entire or sometime5 lobed. Leaves 6-8 inches. |
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Paeonia is of Greek
derivation from the name of the physician, Paeon.
Pluto changed Paeon into a flower in gratitude
for Paeon's successful cure after Hercules
defeated Pluto. |
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