Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii
Family: (Paeoniaceae)
(P) to 3′. Affectionately known as ‘Molly the Witch’. This robust, herbaceous peony from the Caucasus makes a fine garden specimen. In spring it bears large, single, cup-shaped, lemon-yellow, five inch-wide flowers – the ovary pubescent, the two to four carpels white, pink or yellow, and the stamen filaments yellow-green. Flowers in May. Rare and very choice. Well-drained soil. Sun/partial shade. 3 & 6A