How to Use tree peony in a Sentence

tree peony

noun
  • Growing up to 6 feet in height and width, this tree peony produces semi-double dark red or maroon blooms with dark flares.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Along with the range of colors of common peonies, there are equally as many cultivars, tree peonies, and hybrids that offer more colors and levels of fragrance.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 18 May 2026
  • Intersectional peonies are hybrids of herbaceous and tree peonies, and like herbaceous peonies, they should be cut back and insulated in the fall.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Blooming in mid- to late spring, a mature tree peony can produce 75 to 100 large blooms during its two-month flowering period.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The tips below apply to herbaceous peonies, the most common peonies, as well as to tree peonies and Itoh or intersectional peonies, a cross between herbaceous peonies and tree peonies.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026

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