Exotic Moon peony
Paeonia 'Exotic Moon'
APS Registry
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 6.5 feet tall3 to 5 feet wide
- Habit
- Dark foliage
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Lemon-yellow, dark red flares
- Foliage color
- Dark foliage
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Exotic Moon' peony (Paeonia 'Exotic Moon') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, and specimen planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, loamy soil. The double lemon-yellow blooms have dark red flares, open late in the season, and attract butterflies. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by. John W. & Dot M. McFarlane bred it, and it first bloomed in 1994.
Pairs well with Star Gazer lily, Burnet, Mountain laurel, and Greig's tulip.