'FRAGRANT JADE' Tree Peony (Paeonia x suffruticosa '香玉-Xiang Yu')

香玉; Xiang Yu; Fragrant Jade.

'香玉', 'Xiang Yu', also known as 'Fragrant Jade', is a white-flowering tree peony growing to 7 feet tall and 5 feet wide at maturity (20 years). In the city of Heze, (formerly named Caozhou), Shandong Provence, People's Republic of China this cultivar blossoms late-spring to early-summer. 'Xiang Yu' is an upright, deciduous, woody shrub bearing deeply-lobed, dark-green leaves with elliptic to ovate leaflets and large, 8-inch, upward-facing, fragrant, semi-double to double, white flowers with a rose wash in late spring and early summer. The Shandong region of China has been cultivating 'Mudan' (peonies) for over three thousand years! Champlain Peony Company is pleased to present this lovely 'King of Flowers' from China's ancient peony capital in very limited edition.

USDA Zones 4-8 would be very successful zones for this peony. It can tolerate somewhat warmer areas than most other peonies. Where they are grown in Shandong, China is similar to the American interior mid-Atlantic and mid-western regions with cold, dry winters and hot, humid summers. Typical winter low temps are in the teens Fahrenheit with dips into single digits and with summer temps often exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Bare roots are available for shipping in late-fall and winter only. 3-4 branches. Tree peonies are sold by the branch number and not by the 'eye' as herbaceous and intersectional peonies. Typically, you will find single-branched tree peonies for sale. Ours are much larger and more mature at 3-4 branches.

We do not ship potted peonies.