Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: John L. Rea
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1939
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: A very trim flower of light pink with exquisite tints

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 36 inches (90 cm)
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Cut Flower

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Common names
  • Garden Peony
  • Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 5, 2019
Big Light Pink Bloom
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 5, 2019
Secon Year Plant
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-26
Peony 'Lottie Dawson Rea' 24W22 5yo Lactiflora V3 (Rea, 1939) (3-
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-26
Peony 'Lottie Dawson Rea' 24W22 5yo Lactiflora V3 (Rea, 1939) (3-

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My Gardens
Date: October 6, 2017
Prior To Planting

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

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

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