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Synonyms: P. decora, P. lobata
Wild Distribution: Southern Italy, Adriatic coast, Greek mainland, Albania, Bulgaria, southern Romania.
Average Height: 45-60cm
Average Spread: 60-100cm
Life Cycle: Perennial
Plant Structure: Herb
Deciduous/Evergreen: Deciduous
Flower Colour: Brilliant red
Leaf Colour: Mid-dark rather shiny green
Difficulty: Easy
Sun/Shade: Sun
Soil Type: Any
Moisture: Well Drained
Award of Garden Merit (AGM):yes
A rather tall peony with mid-green divided leaves and large, brilliantly scarlet-red erect flowers on rather long stems. AGM as 'Otto Froebel'.
Leaves rather large, mid-green with paler veins, biternately divided into lanceolate, acute divisions, the lower divided to the base. Flowers bowl-shaped, 7-12 cm in diameter, brilliant scarlet-red; outer tepals boat-shaped, greenish, few; anthers yellow and filaments rather slender, pinkish; carpels 1-4, furry, with a long curved stigmatic area. Forest glades in mountainous areas, usually on limestone. Flowers early May in the wild, late May in the UK. Straightforward and persistent in cultivation.
