General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 18-24 inches
Plant Spread: 18-24 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Suitable for wintersowing
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Peony
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Paeonia officinalis
  • Synonym: Paeonia mollis

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photo credit: H. Zell
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2022-05-20
Mollis Officinalis still blossoming for Memorial Day
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-05-19
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-05-20
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-24
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Paeonia officinalis 'J.C. Weguelin'
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2018-05-14
Paeonia officinalis 'Rosea Plena'

Date: c.1473
Studies of Peonies by Martin Schongauer c. 1473; scan courtesy of
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-06
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-06-06
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-01
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: April 29, 2012
photo by James Steakley
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-06
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-09-22 
Showing fertile seeds (black).
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-06
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-03

Date: 4000-02-21
Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-01

Date: 17th century
Original author: Jacopo Ligozzi

Date: 2009-02-27
USDA

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