Paeonia Claire de Lune

Peony Claire de Lune has large flowers of a creamy white color and huge golden yellow centers. Petals are slightly wavy. It blooms in early summer on reddish stems. It took 8 years, and 500 crossings every year, until White / Wild & Son came up with this result (Mons. Jules Elie x P. mlokosewitschi). It grows well and has a beautiful plant shape. This is the type of peony that is exactly to our taste. It is a vigorous grower and has excellent plant habit.

How to grow Paeonia lactiflora - the Chinese peony

The Chinese peony or common garden peony is native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia. There are several hundred selected cultivars of Chinese peony in a range of colors, sizes and forms. Many have double flowers, and many colors are available, from pure white, to pink, rose, and near red, along with single to fully double forms. Most of the cultivars are fragrant. The Chinese peony is an easily grown and undemanding perennial. Paeonia lactiflora prefers full sun, although a few types will tolerate light shade. They prefer a good, fertile, well-drained soil, which is preferably neutral to alkaline. These large perennials are tolerant to a wide range of soil conditions, but will not survive if the soil becomes waterlogged or too dry.