The flowers are large, fragrant and rose-colored with a golden center. The 2009 awardee, ' Coral 'n' Gold,' can be found blooming the second week of May in the Kemper Center Apple Allee. The Garden displays several examples of Landscape Merit Winners from the American Peony Society. Most familiar peonies are cultivars of the species Paeonia lactiflora. Perhaps more interesting are the seed receptacles, which split open when ripe in late summer to reveal shiny black seeds on red stalks. This peony is native to Southeastern Europe.Ī peony with a unique look is Paeonia obovata, which produces white, red, or purple flowers the 2nd week of May in the Cherbonnier English Woodland Garden. A unique specimen is the fernleaf peony, Paeonia tenuifolia, which has dark red flowers atop silvery, fluffy foliage.
The herbaceous peonies tend to stay smaller, but will yield beautiful flowers year after year. The fluffy single bloom of ‘Hesperus’ is rose-pink with an aura of white. lutea 'Hesperus,' can be found blooming the first week of May in the Apple Allee leading to the Kemper Center for Home Gardening. Perhaps the most interestingly named cultivar of peony – maybe the most uniquely named cultivar of all plants – is ‘Furnace for Making Pills of Immortality,’ which can be found in the Hosta Walk.Īnother example of tree peony, Paeonia delavayi var. suffruticosa have been bred for a range of colors, including red, pink, purple, white and yellow, and bloom between the last two weeks of April and the first week of May. Most flowers are pinks and whites with the occasional red.Ī tree peony species is Paeonia suffruticosa, a native to China, Tibet, and Bhutan. The planting in Seiwa-En dates from the 1970s, when renowned garden architect Koichi Kawana sought to introduce a contrasting element to the starkness of the dry landscape across the path. There is a nice grouping of herbaceous peonies in the Maritz Apple Allee of the Kemper Center for Home Gardening and a magnificent display in Seiwa-En, The Japanese Garden. Peonies can be enjoyed in several locations around the Garden but the Chinese and Japanese gardens are home to most of our tree peonies. The Missouri Botanical Garden displays numerous cultivars recognized and prized by peony lovers of all ages. Natives of Asia, peonies grow either as a deciduous shrub (a ‘tree peony’) or as a perennial herbaceous plant. Each cultivar tends to have a short bloom period, but the garden has planted a variety of peony hybrids and species in order to extend the peony season. Reminiscent of bygone days, the peony stays current as new cultivars are introduced. Japan, 1926).A yearly favorite flower to view at the Garden on Mother's Day, our tree peonies peak around the last two weeks of April and our herbaceous peonies pop the first and second weeks of May.
Medium green foliage is deeply divided into oval to lance-shaped leaflets and remains attractive throughout the growing season. The light pink-rose petals of the large, semi-double flowers (6-8" across) almost obscure the bushy center clump of yellow stamens. 'Hana-kisoi', sold under the trade name of FLORAL RIVALRY is a deciduous, woody shrub that typically grows 3-5' tall with a 4' spread. Specific epithet means sub-shrub or somewhat shrubby. Genus name comes from the Greek name for Paeon, physician of the gods and reputed discoverer of the medicinal properties of plants in this genus. Cultivar flower forms range from single to semi-double to double. Many cultivars of this species have been developed, with a wide range of petal colors including red, pink, purple, white and yellow. The true species features large flowers (6-8" across) with pink to white petals, each petal having a purple basal patch. Paeonia suffruticosa, commonly called tree peony, is a deciduous, woody shrub that typically grows 3-5' tall with a 4' spread.
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