Paeonia delavayi

Delavay Peony

Paeonia Delavayi is a deciduous, upright shrub with dark green foliage, tinged with bronze and a blue underside. It bears large yellow flower heads, orange towards the centre with visible yellow stamens.

plant Features

Full sun to partial shade
Very little water
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
Free draining and fertile

plant information

Common name

Delavay Peony

Latin name

Paeonia delavayi

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Paeoniaceae

ph

6.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun to partial shade
Frost

Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

Soil

Free draining and fertile
Water

Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Delavay Peony is 1.00meters x 1.20meters

1.00 M 1.20 M

Paeonia delavayi

Flowering Season

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

Peony flowers can be singles, semi double and multi petalled range from white through to red.

Planting Outdoors

From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn

Make a hole more than large enough for the plant add plenty of well rotted compost or manure and mix with the soil before planting approximately 2 inches below the surface, water in well.

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