Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Allison
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1931
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Late (week 6)
Very Late (week 7)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Full rose type. Blush or light pink with occasional red markings.
Flower size: Large
Needs support: No
Awards: Gold Medal: APS Gold Medal 1941, 1972

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 3 feet
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Awards and Recognitions: Other: APS Gold Medal 1941 & 1972

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Common names
  • Chinese Peony
  • Peony
  • Garden Peony

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Location: Adelman Peony Garden, OR
Date: 2023-06-05
Uploaded by kousa
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-12
An example of the prominent red streaks that occur in some, but d
Location: NE
Date: May 2021
Nick Shaylor Peony
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2008-06-21
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2015-06-14
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-12
One of two mature plants of Nick Shaylor in the collection.  It's
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-11
An opening bud, pale pink, with no show, yet, of red streaks
Location: Christiansberg Botanical Garden. Germany.
Date: 2023-06-14
Location: Home garden VA
Date: 2013-05-21
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-21
Only tiny hints of red streaks show in this bloom.  Note, the pin
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-06
As this shot of a bud and the underside of a mature bloom shows,

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Brooks Gardens Peonies. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2007-01-30
Courtesy Peony Paradise
  • Uploaded by vic

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