Peony (Paeonia 'Athena')

Paeonia ‘Athena’ is a hybrid peony. This means it was created by crossing two or more different peony species. Therefore, it doesn’t have a single “native region” in the traditional sense.

However, we can infer the likely *ancestral* regions based on the parentage of the hybrid:

* **Peonies in general are native to Asia, Europe, and Western North America.** Most of the peony species used in modern hybrids originate from Asia, particularly China, Japan, and Siberia.

Since ‘Athena’ is a hybrid, it’s highly likely its parentage includes species from these regions. It’s impossible to pinpoint a more specific region without knowing the exact parent species used to create this particular hybrid, but the broad range would be: **Asia (especially China and Japan), and potentially Europe.**