Large Red Flower identification

May 18, 2012 3:36 AM

Flower identification: What is this large red flower? A picture of the plant.

Found in a Massachusetts garden.

posted by la_rousse to home & garden (5 answers total)

It's a peony.
posted by ersatzkat at 3:38 AM on May 18, 2012 [1 favorite]

Yes, peony.
posted by catatethebird at 3:51 AM on May 18, 2012

Tree peony.
posted by muirne81 at 4:48 AM on May 18, 2012

That's Chinese Peony!
posted by Yellow at 5:14 AM on May 18, 2012

muirne81 is on the money. It's a semi-double tree peony, not a bush peony.
posted by thebestsophist at 3:51 PM on May 18, 2012