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Paeonia japonica Verbena pycnophylla) is one of thoseUnlike many of its more common and gaudy cousins, this demure woodland Japanese peony makes an 18" tall x 18" wide clump with grey green foliage. In early spring it is topped with lovely, 3" wide, white cups fading to a dark burgundy center with yellow stamens. After flowering, the pods split to reveal gorgeous metallic blue seeds on red stalks. Paeonia japonica is great as a deer resistant specimen in the woodland garden or scattered throughout the