Paeonia japonica Phlomis The health of the plant

The health of the plant will not be compromised if it is not cleaned up but one will be viewing the current year's flowers amongst last year's dead flower stalks

topped with clusters of 6-7 narrow

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

Because of the late flowering season

Paeonia japonica Phlomis The health of the plantUnlike 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