Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Brand
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1907
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Dark crimson, outer petals large and the center composed of smaller overlapping petals mixed with many stamens.
Flower size: Medium

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: 31 - 35 inches
Plant Spread: 31 - 35 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Chinese Peony
  • Garden Peony
  • Peony
Also sold as:
  • 'Ben Franklin'

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Photo courtesy of Brooks Gardens Peonies. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my Canadian Zone 2b garden here close to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Date: 2012-06-27

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