Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: William S. Bockstoce
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1955
Cultivar Group (Type): Herbaceous Hybrid
Season of bloom: Early (week 2)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Dark red with rose center.
Flower size: Very large

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 36 to 39 inches (90-100 cm)
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Parentage: officinalis x lactiflora

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Common names
  • Garden Peony
  • Peony

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Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2022-06-21
Full Bloom Henry Bockstoce
Location: Central Indiana
Date: 2019-05-26

Photo courtesy of Brooks Gardens Peonies. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2021-05-03

Date: 2015-06-14
Granby
Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-05-29

Date: 2020-09-20
Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-05-29

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2015-06-14
Granby

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-23
Photo taken at Adelman Peony Gardens
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-09-13
Photo by sgardener

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms

Date: 2007-02-12
Courtesy Peony Paradise
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Comments:
  • Posted by mom2goldens (Carmel, IN - Zone 5b) on Apr 14, 2021 5:49 PM concerning plant:
    This is an amazing red color, and the blooms are on very sturdy stalks. A lovely addition to the garden.
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 14, 2018 6:35 AM concerning plant:
    "Paeonia 'Henry Bockstoce', (2-DB-R) Hybrid Peony, (Bockstoce, 1955), USDA Hardiness Zone 2, Tall, double, red petals, rose center, creped & crinkled petals, large flower, early bloomer , Michigan Bloom Month 5c.

    Bred bt William S. Bockstoce (1876-1963) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who has 17 peonies registered with the American Peony Society. After his death, his peony stock & seedlings went to Henry Landis (Canada). My plant has been somewhat slow to establish."
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