Paeonia tenuifolia subsp. carthalinica

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Paeonia tenuifolia subsp. carthalinica

Family: (Paeoniaceae)

(P) 2.5′.  A rare Peony, known to hail from only one colony in the Dampalo hills of the eastern Caucasus, Kartli, Georgia.  The medium green, fern-like leaves are not as finely cut as those of P. tenuifolia, but have an equally delicate-textured effect.  Crimson red, cup-shaped flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, beautifully frame the showy, central cluster of golden yellow stamens.  There are usually three, sometimes two, coarse, felty carpels that develop into dry, dehiscent follicles, which eventually open to expose the black seeds within.  A trouble-free, show-stopping specimen in our Systematic Order Beds.  3 & 6A