Which month does the peony open?

Peonies usually bloom from April to May. Peonies in the Central Plains usually open from April to May in the lunar calendar and May to June in the Gregorian calendar, while the peony in Gansu will be delayed by one month, and the opening in May to June in the lunar calendar.

China is particularly rich in peony resources. according to the investigation of the special team of the National Flower Office of China Peony Competition and Evaluation, peony is planted in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, New Zealand, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Montenegro, Liao, Jilin, Hainan, South, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places. There are several types of wild species, semi-wild species and horticultural species.

The largest and most concentrated peony cultivation areas are Heze, Luoyang, Pengzhou, Beijing, Linxia, Tongling County and so on. Flower growers in the Central Plains went to Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shenzhen and Hainan in winter to promote peony to blossom, which prompted the peony to settle down in the above areas and planted peony all over the provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of China.