| Scientific Name: | Paeonia ludlowii (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | Tibetan tree peony |
| Family Name: | Paeoniaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Mixed shrub border, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Glaucous, Lustrous, Biternate, Ovate, Palmately lobed |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems woody, species often 2-3.5m tall (hybrids may be just 1-2m tall); leaves alternate, pinnately compound, leaflets 6-12(-18_cm long x 5-13cm wide, further separated into 3 pinnae or just deeply incised to form lobes, light green, glabrous, undersides glaucous and pale green; flowers 3-4 on each shoot in the axil of the leaves, 10-12cm wide, pedicels 5-9cm long, Apr-May; 4 or 5 lance-shaped bracts associated with each flower; follicles cylindric, reach 5-7cm long x 2-3cm wide, only 1(-2) form per flower for the species. | |