Tree Peony Phoenix White (Feng Dan Bai)

If you’re new to growing tree peonies, you can’t go wrong with Phoenix White. Exceptionally easy to grow and hardy even to Zone 8, this single-flowering variety amazed us in the fields with its vigor, growing larger and producing more plentiful blooms year after year. Its large, 6-7” flowers have pristine-white, slightly ruffled petals, with a soft pink blush on the reverse and a delicate pink eye at the center. A pleasing fragrance only adds to their appeal! Well-suited to full sun or partial shade, deer leave it alone while pollinators can’t stay away. One of the earliest tree peonies to flower in early to mid-spring, Phoenix White is our top pick for Southern gardens.