Paeonia Julia Rose Botrypus from the lowland subtropics where

from the lowland subtropics where it reaches 7' tall to above the alpine tree line where it never exceeds 2' tall

white flower heads

composed of evergreen heart-shaped leaves with an irregular green border and a green central streak with prominent silver markings between the green

Caryopteris divaricata 'Blue Butterflies' in our trials

After knocking back a few namesakes

Paeonia Julia Rose Botrypus from the lowland subtropics wherePaeonia 'Julia Rose' is a 1986 Roger Anderson intersectional (herbaceous x tree) peony with large 7 8" wide double rosy red flowers atop a 3' tall x 3' wide specimen. Unlike herbaceous peonies, do not cut intersectional peonies to the ground or you'll remove the flowers for next year.