Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Westerner') in the Peonies Database - Garden.org

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Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant:	Bigger
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1942
Cultivar Group (Type):	Lactiflora
Season of bloom:	Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form:	Japanese
Flower Color:	Pink
Flower color description:	Single row of large petals are medium pink surrounding a large center of very bright yellow staminodes.
Flower size:	Large
Needs support:	No
Awards:	Gold Medal: 1982

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 7b
Plant Height:	36 inches
Fruit:	Dehiscent
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant

Common names

Peony
Japanese Peony

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Location: springfield MO
Date: 2010-05-16
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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-23
Peony 'Westerner' 24W21 5yo Lactiflora N4 (Bigger 1942) (3-JAP-PK

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Uploaded by Mieko2

Uploaded by Mieko2

Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-06-04
"Paeonia lactiflora 'Westerner', 2015, [Peony] (3-JAP-PK), pay-OH

Uploaded by frankrichards16

Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-23
Peony 'Westerner' 24W21 5yo Lactiflora N4 (Bigger 1942) (3-JAP-PK

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Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: In my garden. Poland.
Date: 2013-06-20

Uploaded by Orsola

Location: In my garden. Poland.
Date: 2013-06-20

Uploaded by Orsola

Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-06-04
"Paeonia lactiflora 'Westerner', 2015, [Peony] (3-JAP-PK), pay-OH

Uploaded by frankrichards16

Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-06-04
"Paeonia lactiflora 'Westerner', 2015, [Peony] (3-JAP-PK), pay-OH

Uploaded by frankrichards16

Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-06-04
"Paeonia lactiflora 'Westerner', 2015, [Peony] (3-JAP-PK), pay-OH

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Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.

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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.

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Comments:

Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 16, 2018 7:40 AM concerning plant:

"Paeonia 'Westerner', (3-JAP-PK) lactiflora cultivar Peony, (Bigger 1942), USDA Hardiness Zone 2, Medium height, Japanese form flower, medium pink guard petals, cupped, yellow staminodes, red tipped carpels, slight fragrance, midseason bloomer, Michigan Bloom Month 5c.

APS Gold Medal 1982."

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