We  are thrilled to offer an excellent selection of these incredible, thrilling plants ! I am personally obsessed with them ! As if I needed another plant family to collect….
       Tree peonies are ancient treasures, originally from China. Hybridizers ‘over there’ and in the U.S., Switzerland and England have been breeding and selecting them for centuries.  No wonder ! Their incredible flowers can be a foot across, with tissue paper-like petals in amazing colours.  Tree peonies form woody stems that should be left unpruned. Slowly, a small bush forms and doesn’t die back to the ground like herbaceous peonies do.  They like sun, but  do just as well with a bit of afternoon shade, or dappled light. 
         Always be home in early May, because that is when they bloom. The astonishingly beautiful flowers are fleeting…. usually lasting about one week each.  As plants mature, they will produce more than one flower per branch and the bloom time will be extended.  Perhaps it is best that their beauty is short-lived….. like fireworks, delicious food, great wine, brilliant talent…. we appreciate it more when we are aware it is limited.
         For an amazing selection of tree peonies, check out www.songsparrow.com  for Klehm nursery’s fabulous offerings.  I ordered (from Canada) and it was worth every dollar.
         At Southlands Nursery, our tree peonies are $24.95 each.