
Fern Leaf Peony
- Botanical Name
- Paeonia tenuifolia
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 8
- Height
- 1 to 2 feet
- Width
- 9 to 18 inches
- Flowers
- Spring: red, single and double
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, fertile
- Planting & Care
- Plant crown no deeper than 1.5 - 2" below soil surface. Planting deeper usually results in delayed or lack of flowering.
- Deadhead spent flowers
- Attractive dissected foliage begins to fade towards the end of summer to early fall
- Cut back plants to the ground after the first fall frost
- Plants do not need to be divided and should be left undisturbed
- Problems
- Blights are an occasional problem
- Varieties
- Flore Pleno - double red flowers
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