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Key characteristics

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

Perennials

Paeonia 'Lemon Chiffon'

Lemon Chiffon Peony

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.

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

Average

Bloom time

Mid- to late spring

Find this plant

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.