Peony (Paeonia officinalis)

Family: Paeoniaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Red, White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late spring,Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Flowers - cooked. They can be used as a vegetable or to scent tea. The hot seeds are ground into a powder and used as a spice in ale or in the food that accompanies it. — Flowers - cooked.; They can be used as a vegetable or to scent tea.; The hot seeds are ground into a powder and used as a spice in ale or in the food that accompanies it.; (Does this mean that the seed is heated before grinding, or that it has a hot flavour?).

Habitat & North American Range

Rocky woodlands and meadows, usually on limestone. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)