This tree peony has multiple smooth greyish branched stems from the base and forms an open rounded habit. It has dark green divided lobed leaves and the golden-yellow cup-shaped flowers appear singularly from late spring to early summer.

Hardiness zones 6 to 9 

Paeonia lutea is naturally found in western China growing on the mountain slopes in the adjoining pastures amongst forests or on the edge of scrub to an altitude of 4000 m (1,200 ft). 

It prefers an open sunny position but tolerates shade and grows in well-drained organic rich, moist sandy-stony to chalky soils with a pH 6.5-7.8 and is drought and mildly frost tolerant.

The Tibetan Peony is grown for its flowers and upright bushy habit. It is planted along a garden borders or grown against a sunny wall and is used in woodland settings. It is suitable for inland and low-mountain regions establishing in 3-4 years and is moderately long-lived. This perennial shrub is ideal for areas that are drought affected or with poorer soil types and can be used in commercial sites. ID 3484

Paeonia (pie-ON-ee-a) lutea (loo-TEE-ah)

Paeoniaceae (PIE-on-ee-AY-see-ee)