This guide will take you through some of the most popular types of peony flowers for your garden or next floral arrangement covering tree, herbaceous, and itoh peonies.

So, you ask, what exactly is a tree peony? First, it's not a tree; it's a shrub. Think of it more like a hydrangea, or a large, deciduous azalea, because with very few exceptions, tree peonies ...

Q:How do tree peonies fare in San Francisco? I have recently purchased a tree peony and planted it in a well-drained, morning-sun location in my area of the Craggs Court Community Garden. This ...

Master Gardener Becky West: Peony, queen of perennials, lives long but intolerant of disturbance Peonies are often passed along to friends or next generations.

A 10-year-old tree peony is still a seedling, according to experts, and plants can bloom for years. In China, there are said to be tree peonies more than 200 years old that still bloom profusely.

Like the herbaceous types, Itohs are short, bushy growers that do not require staking, yet they sport the large, magnificent blooms of the tree peony.

The 2025 Tree Peony Festival of Flowers is slated for May 17 and 18, 24 and 25 and May 31 and June 1 with a possible pop-up weekday.

There are three basic categories of peony: herbaceous peonies, tree peonies and intersectional or Itoh peonies. Herbaceous peonies are long-lived, and plants die back to the ground every year and ...

A new study has decoded the complex genome of the Tibetan wild tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii), revealing its evolutionary history and the genetic drivers behind its unique traits.