Paeonia lutea ssp. ludlowii               Paeoniaceae, Ranunculaceae

Tibetan Peony               pay-ON-ee-a lu-TE-a lud-LOW-e-i

• Deciduous shrub, to 9 ft (2.5 m) tall.  Leaves alternate, compound, biternate.  Flowers yellow, to 12.5 cm wide.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 6      Native to Tibet.
• lutea: yellow    ludlowii: after Frank Ludlow (1885-1972), he and George Sherriff introduced it into commerce in 1936.