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There are thousands of cultivars (or cultivated varieties) of peonies, which fall into three main types: Herbaceous peonies: These are the easiest type to grow and die back to the ground in the fall.
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The slightly nodding bisexual flowers grow three or four to a shoot, the shoots springing from the leaf axils. The flowers are 10–12 cm wide, are borne on a pedicels 5–9 cm in length, and open in late May and early June. Each flower is subtended by four or five lance-shaped bracts. There are three to five green sepals with a rounded outline ...
Tree peonies, also called woody peonies, are taller and more shrub-like with large flowers. Itoh peonies are a hybrid of herbaceous and tree peonies; they die back to the ground but their flowers ...
Paeonia obovata is a perennial herbaceous species of peony growing 30–70 cm high. It has white, pink or purple-red flowers and its lower leaves consist of no more than nine leaflets or segments. In English it is sometimes called woodland peony. [2]
Paeonia mairei is a species of peony, that is endemic to the mountains of central China. Its vernacular name in China is 美丽芍药 (mei li shao yao) meaning "beautiful peony". The plant may be between 45 and 100 cm high and has mostly rose-pink flowers of about 10 cm across, one on each stem.
Paeonia cambessedesii is a perennial herbaceous species of peony about 45 cm high. It has pink flowers. The stems, major veins and undersides of the leaves remain purple red, while the upper surface of the leaves turns into a metallic bluish green when fully grown and its lower leaves consist of no more than nine leaflets or segments.
Paeonia lactiflora was known as the white peony (P. albiflora) when first introduced into Europe. [4] It was brought to England in the mid-18th century, and is the parent of most modern varieties.