Peonies in the Ripley Garden
May 12, 2020 at 11:39 am
Everyone adores peonies – it is one of those plants, along with tulips and lilacs, that cry out “Spring is here!” The peony most people are familiar with is the herbaceous peony or Paeonia lactiflora. These plants produce fragrant blossoms in all shades of white to the deepest red, with petals counts ranging from just a single row to solid pompoms. ‘Herbaceous peony’ means the plant dies back entirely during the winter and re- appears in the spring. Native to areas like Tibet, […]