Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Kansas') in the Peonies Database

Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant:	Bigger
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1940
Cultivar Group (Type):	Lactiflora
Season of bloom:	Early (week 2)
Flower Form:	Full Double
Flower Color:	Red
Flower color description:	Bright clear red, containing almost no blue. Fades very little, if any.
Flower size:	Large
Needs support:	No
Awards:	Gold Medal: 1957

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:	30 inches
Fruit:	Dehiscent
Flowers:	Showy
Pollinators:	Various insects
Child plants:	one child plant

Common names

Peony
Chinese Peony
Garden Peony

Photo Gallery

Uploaded by ARUBA1334

Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-06-12
The plants of Kansas in this garden are highly floriferous, and s

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Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-06-12
Blooms from two plants of Kansas, side by side, and at their peak

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Uploaded by 4susiesjoy

Location: Ontario Canada
Date: 2020-04-26

Uploaded by Universal_G

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission

Uploaded by Joy

Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-14

Uploaded by KentPfeiffer

Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2020-04-22
Just opening.

Uploaded by Lestv

Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-09-15
"Paeonia 'Kansas', 2017, (2-DB-R) Chinese or lactiflora [Peony],

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Uploaded by KentPfeiffer

Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 6 June 2016
A sweat bee examines what is left of a flower after all of the pe

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Location: Poland. In my garden.
Date: 2014-06-08

Uploaded by Orsola

Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 26 May 2015
A bit of late afternoon sun highlights a Kansas bloom on 26 May 2

Uploaded by marsrover

Location: In my Canadian Zone 2b garden here close to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Date: 2012-06-23

Uploaded by valleyrimgirl

Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2023-06-09
Showing some blooms at peak color, and others beginning to fade.

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Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2023-06-09
This much show of stamens is pretty uncommon for blooms of Kansas

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Location: Greenwood, MN
Date: 2014-06-11

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Location: Fairfax, VA | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-25

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-25

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Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 25 April 2016
Several days after emergence Kansas is growing like Topsy on 25 A

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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.

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Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 27 May 2016
Budbreak after some overnight rain on 27 May 2016.

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Location: Poland. In my garden.
Date: 2014-06-12

Uploaded by Orsola

Location: Poland. In my garden.
Date: 2015-06-10

Uploaded by Orsola

Date: 2007-02-16
Courtesy Peony Paradise

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Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 25 May 2016
Kansas bud full of promise on 25 May 2016.

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Comments:

Posted by Duke44 (Overland Park, Kansas) on May 14, 2023 6:23 PM concerning plant:

What a great peony that continues to outshine so many other peonies, beautiful clumps that stand up against the wind and rain and the blossoms do not fade.

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Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 14, 2018 4:12 PM concerning plant:

"Paeonia 'Kansas', (2-DB-R) lactiflora cultivar Peony, (Bigger, 1940), USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Medium height, double, watermellon red petals, large flower, a few hidden stamens, fragrant, strong stems, good cut, early bloomer, Michigan Bloom Month 5-6.

Listed as red, but looks like dark pink to me. Sometimes described as watermelon red. APS Gold Medal Award in 1957."

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