Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Saunders
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1950
Cultivar Group (Type): Herbaceous Hybrid
Season of bloom: Very Early (week 1)
Flower Form: Single
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Warm pink bloom. 9 or 10 petals, occasional hairline streaks of cool red running their length. Feather flare of light pink evident on backside of petals. Stamen filaments lighter and more lemon than stamens. Carpels light lemon green, tipped deep red.
Flower size: Large
Needs support: No
Awards: Award of Landscape Merit: 2009

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 36 inches (90 cm)
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Garden Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 25, 2019
Close Up View; Second Year Bloom
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 22, 2019
Whole Plant; Second Year From Planting
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-05-17
The prominent pattern of paler tones, visible on the undersides o
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-05-22
Roselette stamens and pistils, with a visiting hover fly.
Location: central NC
Date: 04/14/2021
Planted in fall 2020. Three stout stems in 2021, each with one bl
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-26
"Paeonia 'Roselette', 2017, (1-SL-PK) Hybrid [Peony], pay-OHN-ee-
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-26
"Paeonia 'Roselette', 2017, (1-SL-PK) Hybrid [Peony], pay-OHN-ee-
Location: central NC
Date: 04/17/2021
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-05-14

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2023-04-27
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-17
"Paeonia 'Roselette', 2018 photo, (1-SL-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Saunde
Uploaded by Oldgardenrose
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Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
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Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by Oldgardenrose
Uploaded by Oldgardenrose
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Uploaded by frankrichards16
Uploaded by Oldgardenrose
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-13
"Paeonia 'Roselette', 2018 photo, (1-SL-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Saunde
Uploaded by Oldgardenrose
Uploaded by Oldgardenrose

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2008-02-05
Courtesy Peony Paradise
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-13
"Paeonia 'Roselette', 2018 photo, (1-SL-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Saunde
Uploaded by Oldgardenrose
Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 27, 2018 8:01 AM concerning plant:
    "Paeonia 'Roselette', (1-SL-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Saunders, 1950), USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Medium height, single, light rose pink petals, yellow stamens, red stigmas, slightly fragrant, early bloomer, Michigan Bloom Month 5b.

    Described as light rose-pink, blush pink, clear pink, blush pink and deep pink. Sometimes petals are streaked with a slightly darker pink. This is one of Saunders' triple hybrids: albiflora x second generation tenuifolia x Mlokosewitschi hybrid. Award of Landscape Merit 2009."

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