Peony (Paeonia 'Show Girl') in the Peonies Database - Garden.org

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Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant:	Don Hollingsworth
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1984
Cultivar Group (Type):	Herbaceous Hybrid
Season of bloom:	Early Midseason (week 3) Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form:	Anemone
Flower Color:	Pink
Flower color description:	Warm, medium pink guard petals surround a large center of cream-yellow petalodes.
Needs support:	No

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
Awards and Recognitions:	Other: APS Gold Medal 2005
Parentage:	Dawn Pink x Echo

Common names

Peony
Garden Peony

Also sold as:

Showgirl

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Location: central NC
Date: 04/29/2021

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Date: 2012-05-13

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Date: 2012-05-14

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Date: 2008-06-12

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Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-05-25
Eight buds in total on this stem!

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-29
"Paeonia 'Show Girl', 2018 photo, (2-AN-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Hollin

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Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-06-09

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Date: 4000-03-12
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Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-23
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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Show Girl', 2017, (2-AN-PK) Hybrid [Peony], pay-OHN-ee-

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Show Girl', 2017, (2-AN-PK) Hybrid [Peony], pay-OHN-ee-

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-29
"Paeonia 'Show Girl', 2018 photo, (2-AN-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Hollin

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-29
"Paeonia 'Show Girl', 2018 photo, (2-AN-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Hollin

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-29
"Paeonia 'Show Girl', 2018 photo, (2-AN-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Hollin

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Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms

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Date: 2007-02-12
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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Show Girl', 2017, (2-AN-PK) Hybrid [Peony], pay-OHN-ee-

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Comments:

Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 9, 2018 5:13 PM concerning plant:

"Paeonia 'Show Girl', (2-AN-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Hollingsworth 1984), USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Medium height, Japanese /Anemone form, pink guard petals, yellow cream petalodes, early bloomer, Michigan Bloom Month 5c.

Parentage Dawn Pink x Echo (second generation of Lacti x Anomola). Mature plants can develop center petals. Dark green foliage. "

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