Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Bockstoce, W.S.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1942
Cultivar Group (Type): Herbaceous Hybrid
Other: Most historic citations give the parentage as P. officinalis x P. lactiflora (or P. albiflora). The APS registry uses the obsolete term P. chinensis for P. lactiflora.
Season of bloom: Early (week 2)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Fine carmine red

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 42 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Chinese Peony
  • Garden Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: Mid-Missouri, USA
Date: 2022-05-16
Blooms in various stages
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-06
Peony Diana Parks - a luscious bloom

Date: 2021-10-09

Date: 2017-05-07
Bright, true red. Hard to capture.
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-06
Peony Diana Parks - All the blooms I've seen on this young plant
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-10-05
"Paeonia 'Diana Parks', 2018 photo, Common Name: (2-DB-R) Hybrid
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-05-26
Peony Diana Parks - a bud with an ant visitor
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