Do the flowers of peonies change colour?
Young plants take time to mature and they often produce flowers that are not the same form or colour as those seen on mature plants of the same variety. As the plant matures however the flower form and colour stabilizes. Weather can also affect to some extent flower colour, especially the lighter coloured flowers. A cool damp spring seems to make the whites a little less brilliant and any pink tinges become more accentuated. Can a white peony become a red peony? I don’t believe so. Judging by the number of times I get asked this question though, some people are seeing red flowers where white ones used to grow and vice versa. One possible explanation for such a radical change is that a peony seed has germinated on top of the original plant and over time has taken over the location. The flowers that the owner now sees are those of a different plant growing where the old plant once stood. BACK TO LIST ____________________________________ 22. The foliage on my herbaceous peonies was accide
