Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Season of bloom: Very Early (week 1)
Early (week 2)
Flower Form: Bomb
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: From the APS "The flowers open a uniform shade of deep carmine-rose and shade lighter in the sun"
Flower size: large

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Cut Flower
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Paeony
Also sold as:
  • Old Double Rose
  • Paeonia peregrina

Photo Gallery
Location: University of Tartu Botanical Gardens, Estonia 
Date: 2023-06-11
Location: University of Tartu Botanical Gardens, Estonia 
Date: 2023-06-11
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-05
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-03
Location: University of Tartu Botanical Gardens, Estonia 
Date: 2023-06-11
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2016-05-15
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: Estonia
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Location: University of Tartu Botanical Gardens, Estonia 
Date: 2023-06-11
Location: Estonia
Date: 2021-06-11

Date: 2013-06-14
Photo courtesy of: Takeshi Kawai
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C. 
Date: 2008-06-07
 1:28 pm. In deep shade, this rosea is darker than the norm.

Date: 2015-05-24
Photo courtesy of: Markus U
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-06-05
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-05
Uploaded by frankrichards16
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 1, 2018 3:19 PM concerning plant:
    Paeonia officinalis 'Rosa Plena' (Origin before 1907, but could date back to the 17th century) is probably a peregrina x officinalis hybrid cultivar: full double, rose pink flowers, large guard petals, narrow notched inner petals, fades to lighter pink, carpels become visible with age, no side buds, medium height at 2-3 feet, early bloomer. A ancient cultivar also known as the pink 'Memorial Day Peony'.
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