Taxon

Paeonia lactiflora 'Agida'

Paeonia lactiflora 'Agida' - peony
Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
.
Common name: peony
Family: Paeoniaceae (peony family)
Distribution: Gardd/Garden
Hardiness: (H6) Hardy-very cold winter. -20 to -15°C (USDA 6b/7a)
Life form: Herbaceous perennial • Perlysiau lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Paeonia (pay-OHN-ee-uh): Named after Paeon, the physician to the gods who, in mythology, was changed into a flower by Pluto.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: lactiflora (lak-tee-FLOR-uh): With milk-white flowers.
Description: An upright and bushy herbaceous perennial with attractive, dissected dark green foliage tinged red in spring. Erect stems holding showy, spicily scented, saucer-shaped carmine-pink flowers which have prominent yellow stamens appear in summer.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

Locations

Cluster Area Area
Individual Individual