| Description | Obovata Peony (Paeonia obovata) is a herbaceous peony with white to rose blooms. Native to forested areas so it does best in a shadier garden site. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4, 5, 6, 7 (have seen it listed as all these hardiness zones)?, the image I took was in hardiness zone #5 and the plant was well established |
| Sunlight | mostly sunny, shaded, bright shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average to moist, will tolerate some wetness |
| Temperature | 0 degrees F |
| Flowers | 3 inches, single cup shaped, white or rose |
| Fruit | open has glossy black seeds in a starfish shaped red seed pod, opens when dry (dehiscent dry fruit called a follicle) |
| Leaves | biternate (ternate divisions again divided into three), gray-green foliage |
| Dimensions | 18-24 inches tall |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Native to forested regions of Manchuria, Siberia, China and Japan. |
| Misc Facts | "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. Specific epithet (genus) means egg-shaped being broader at the uppermost end referring to the foliage". (#144) |
| Notes & Reference | #67-Peony Outdoors and Indoors, #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #163-The Genus Paeonia (Josef Halda, James Waddick) |
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