PlantsFlowers
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Long-lived May flowers for a settled bed
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 3 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers May–Jun
- How it spreads
- Perennial clump
- What to buy
- Bare-root crowns in fall.
- When to plant
- Plant September or early October, eyes no deeper than 2 inches.
In the design
They can live 50 years. Don't bury the eyes, and don't move them for fun.
