Peony flower

Peony flower
Peony plants bear an attractive, glossy green foliage that reaches 2'-3' in height with a similar spread. But their popularity is due mainly to their flowers. The most striking peony flowers are the highly fragrant, massive doubles, usually pink, red or white. Other colors and flower types do exist, however. There's even a hybird with yellow flowers. Peony plants bloom in late spring or early summer. There are peony plants that are indeginous to China, Europe and the Western U.S. Peony plants sometimes are planted individually, sharing perennial beds with other perennials, in which case, due to their large size at maturity, they should be planted in the back row. But peony plants are also often planted in groups, side by side, to form a row. Again, their size is such that, when used to form perennial borders in this way, they can make a bold statement in the yard, partitioning it in a manner suggestive of boxwoodin formal landscape design.