Peony

RHS Genus Guide

Slow-growing but rewarding, peonies are aristocratic plants with a brief but keenly anticipated flowering in late spring to early summer. Bowl-shaped, white, cream, pink, yellow or red flowers, often spicily scented, are either loosely crammed with petals or more open.

Botanical name: Paeonia

RHS/Joanna Kossak

Introducing Peony

peony 'Monsieur Jules Elie'

Paeonia lactiflora 'Monsieur Jules Elie'

peony 'Monsieur Jules Elie'

Height: 0.5–1 metres
Width: 0.5–1 metres

peony 'Otto Froebel'

Paeonia peregrina 'Otto Froebel'

peony 'Otto Froebel'

Height: 0.5–1 metres
Width: 0.1–0.5 metres

peony 'Laura Dessert'

Paeonia lactiflora 'Laura Dessert'

peony 'Laura Dessert'

Height: 0.5–1 metres
Width: 0.5–1 metres

peony 'Whitleyi Major'

Paeonia lactiflora 'Whitleyi Major'

peony 'Whitleyi Major'

Height: 0.5–1 metres
Width: 0.5–1 metres

peony 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Paeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt'

peony 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Height: 0.5–1 metres
Width: 0.5–1 metres