The Heze Difference
Where the world's finest peonies are born
Heze, in Shandong Province, is not merely a place — it is a designation of quality. Positioned along the floodplains of the Yellow River, the city sits on deep alluvial soil with a slightly acidic pH that peony roots adore. The continental climate delivers the cold winters and warm, dry springs that coax out blooms of exceptional size and colour saturation.
Cultivation here has been refined for over a thousand years. Long before modern horticulture gave the world its language of bloom grades and vase-life metrics, Heze growers were selecting for the very characteristics that today's global florists demand.
Heze now accounts for over 70% of China's peony production — and a growing share of the world's finest cut stems. When international buyers specify "Chinese peony," they mean Heze.
Our Vision
Ancient beauty. Modern standards. Global reach.
Paeona was founded on a single conviction: that the extraordinary peony cultivated in Heze for a thousand years deserves to be experienced by florists and event designers worldwide — and that it can be delivered to them in the same pristine condition it left our fields. We bridge ancient growing heritage and rigorous international export standards so that the world's finest floral professionals never have to compromise on quality.
1,000+
Years of cultivation heritage in Heze
Grade A/AA
The only stems we export
May – June
Peak export season
2–4°C
Cold chain maintained from harvest to flight