FLOWER FORMS OF PEONIES

SINGLE

A ring of 5 or more petals with the center of peony made up of stamens with pollen-bearing anthers.

JAPANESE

A ring of petals around a central cluster of modified stamens that are narrow and flat and bear no pollen.

ANEMONE

A ring of petals around modified stamen which are fully transformed into narrow petals (petaloids).

SEMI-DOUBLE

Several rings of petals around visible pollen-bearing stamens.

DOUBLE

Many concentric rings of petals with no visible stamens (stamens have been completely transformed into petals).