Peony Flowers: The King of The Flower Kingdom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2laMkxoSFLASQVNMiPtum-hq8DKwT-kE9xs4g3aFlPNX28ST9urgyqH8ENJ96_9umPwKcY9wzA8ZFhV21essqycGUHJsLRoJqNBWdLiJbDrE9zqfBYbey7E2EtkUHR95nC5hBFlmL-HI/s1600/peony-beautiful-shaded-pink-flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2laMkxoSFLASQVNMiPtum-hq8DKwT-kE9xs4g3aFlPNX28ST9urgyqH8ENJ96_9umPwKcY9wzA8ZFhV21essqycGUHJsLRoJqNBWdLiJbDrE9zqfBYbey7E2EtkUHR95nC5hBFlmL-HI/s200/peony-beautiful-shaded-pink-flowers.jpg" width="250"></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Peony</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> or </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">paeony</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is a name for plants in the genus </span><i style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Paeonia</b></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, the only genus in the flowering plant family</span><b style="font-family: inherit;"> Paeoniaceae</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. They are native to Asia, southern Europe and western North America. Boundaries between species are not clear and estimates of the number of species range from 25 </span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-halda2004_0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peonie#cite_note-halda2004-0"></a></sup><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to 40. Most are herbaceous </span>perennial plants<span style="font-family: inherit;"> 0.5–1.5 meters tall, but some resemble trees up to 1.5–3 meters tall. They have compound, deeply lobed leaves, and large, often fragrant flowers, ranging from red to white or yellow, in late spring and early summer.</span></span></div>

Peony or paeony is a name for plants in the genus Paeonia , the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae . They are native to...