Paeonia lactiflora is a perennial tuber plant, belonging to herbaceous plants, so the stem is herbaceous, to the autumn and winter season, when the weather turns cool, the ground part will wither and die.
Peony is a woody plant, the stem is woody, to the autumn and winter cold, although there will be deciduous, but the ground part will remain immortal.
The leaves of Paeonia lactiflora are relatively narrow, the leaf tip is relatively long, and some pointed, about 20-24 cm in length.The color of the front of the leaves is more diverse, such as green, dark green, yellow-green, etc. The color of the back of the leaves is pink green, sometimes hairy, sometimes hairless behind.
The leaves of the peony are relatively broad, about 7-8 cm in length and 5.5-7 cm in width, green on the front and pale green on the back, sometimes with white powder, hairless on the back, and sparsely pubescent along the veins.
The flowering period of Paeonia lactiflora is in late spring and early summer, slightly later, the flowers are smaller, about 15 centimeters in diameter.
The flowering period of peony is around March in spring, that is, the early spring season, the flower type is larger than the former, about 20 centimeters in diameter.