Northwest Blooms · Perennials
Paeonia 'Lemon Chiffon'
Lemon Chiffon Peony
- Family
- Paeoniaceae
- Height
- 24–32 inches tall
- Width
- 24–36 inches wide
- Flower color
- Pale lemon-yellow blooms with golden-yellow stamens and orange filaments
- Foliage color
- Glossy, mid- to dark green
- Bloom time
- Mid- to late spring
- Light
- Full sun to partial shade
- Water
- Average
- Maintenance
- Low, remove spent blooms, cut foliage to ground after frost
- Growing zone
- USDA zones 3–8 (some references extend to zone 9)
- Wildlife
- Deer‑ and rabbit‑resistant; attracts bees and butterflies; virtually pest‑free
About this plant
Paeonia 'Lemon Chiffon' is a semi-double to double yellow herbaceous peony. Its large, creamy lemon-yellow blooms emerge on stiff, upright stems and feature ruffled petals surrounding a center of golden-yellow stamens with orange filaments and prominent carpels tipped in raspberry‑pink. The lightly fragrant flowers appear from late spring into early summer, and often opening as a semi‑double shape before maturing into a full bomb-like form.
The foliage is glossy deep green, remaining lush and attractive throughout the season. Registered in the early 1980's and a winner of the American Peony Society Best in Show award, this cultivar is fertile, producing viable seeds and useful in hybridization programs while offering lasting ornamental value in garden and vase alike.
Works well in
Borders · Cottage Gardens · Pollinator Gardens
Companion plants
Hostas · Ferns · Astilbes · Foxgloves · Bergenias · Sedums
Design tip
Spring bloom is its headline moment, and it reads best in a group rather than as a single plant. Because it is easy about light, use it to carry a planting from a sunny end of the bed into the shadier side.
Where to see it
This plant can be seen at Brooks Gardens Peonies and Adelman Peony Gardens.
