Paeonia japonica Phlomis each topped with large spikes

each topped with large spikes of light peach-colored flowers from late summer until frost

pleated leaves emerge from each pseudobulb in early spring (April for us)

you won't find shredded foliage or the need to spray

it will produce the wildest flower you've ever seen

The edge color is also quite unusual

Paeonia japonica Phlomis each topped with large spikesUnlike many of its more common and gaudy cousins, this demure woodland Japanese peony makes an 18" tall x 18" wide clump with grey green foliage. In early spring it is topped with lovely, 3" wide, white cups fading to a dark burgundy center with yellow stamens. After flowering, the pods split to reveal gorgeous metallic blue seeds on red stalks. Paeonia japonica is great as a deer resistant specimen in the woodland garden or scattered throughout the