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buds on each division," Graper said.
• Most gardeners in this area are used to the herbaceous peonies which originated from the Chinese Peony Paeonia lactiflora and the common peony P. officinalis. Graper said there are hundreds of different cultivars available that were developed from these original two species. Some gardeners may have also discovered the woody or "tree peonies."
• "These were mostly derived from P. suffruticosa. These plants offer the largest

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