Fantastic, traffic stopping flowers at least 12 ” across are a wonderful feature of some Tree Peonies.
Tree Peonies
- These slow growing shrubs reach around 4 foot high and wide.
- They are drought tolerant but should not be made to compete with larger trees for water.
- They are reasonably easy to grow in deep loamy soil.
- In China they are mountain plants so survive our winters quite well.
- Grafted shrubs are available in garden centres. They may send up suckers of herbaceous peonies that need cutting out (the leaves are greener and are not as finely cut as tree peony leaves).
Varieties of Tree Peonie
- I bought some varieties 2 years ago ‘Yu Lou Dian Cui’, above, looks white with pink overtones and ‘Shan Hu Tai’ is a strong pink really a red.
- P Delavayi bears scented crimson flowers on 5′ stems whilst P lutea ludlowii has yellow flowers.
- A good selection of Tree Peonie is available from Thompson Morgan
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