Paeonia Kopper Kettle Leonotis are clothed with thick waxy-green

are clothed with thick waxy-green leaves that remain evergreen all winter

We love it in the garden for the bold green foliage

which is contrasted in September with bright yellow flowers borne in the leaf axils and at the terminal

and is the last of the Lycoris radiata cultivars to flower

Paeonia Kopper Kettle Leonotis are clothed with thick waxy-greenFrom Paeonia 'Bartzella' breeder Roger Anderson, comes this deer resistant 1999 introduction, a uniquely colored intersectional peony (herbaceous x tree), topped in late spring with huge, double, coppery orange flowers. As with all intersectionals, it dies back to just above the ground in the winter.