Red Jade peony
Paeonia 'Red Jade'
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
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Crimson, dark brown shading
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Red Jade' peony (Paeonia 'Red Jade') is a perennial for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and specimen plantings. 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. It bears large, flat, single crimson flowers with dark brown shading in early to late spring, and butterflies visit them. Saunders bred it in 1948. Deer and rabbits rarely make it their first choice.
Pairs well with Elegans hosta, Blue fescue, and Greig's tulip.