Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Klehm
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1963
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Late Midseason (week 5)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: White
Flower color description: Rose type, cream white. Hidden golden stamens.
Flower size: 9.5 inch
Needs support: No

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 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Pollinators: Various insects
Awards and Recognitions: Other: APS Gold '81
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Chinese Peony
  • Peony
  • Garden Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 5, 2019
Large Creamy White Bloom
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 5, 2019
Blooming In Second Year
Location: My Gardens
Date: October 6, 2017
Prior To Planting

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2021-10-10
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: 2017-05-27
Full shade

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by Cem9165
Uploaded by Cem9165
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-05-28
Uploaded by Cem9165
Location: Mid-Missouri, USA
Date: 2020-09-24
Approximately 12" long

Date: 2007-01-23
Courtesy Peony Paradise
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: 2010 New England Flower Show
Date: March
credit: Captain-tucker
Location: Elizabeth Colorado
Date: 2013-09-27

Date: 2012-04-14
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