Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Rosenfield
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Flower Form: Japanese
Flower Color: Pink

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
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Garden Peony
  • Peony
Also sold as:
  • Butterbowl

Photo Gallery
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 05-09-2004
Garden Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Butter Bowl') 002
Location: In my Canadian Zone 2b garden here close to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Date: 2012-06-27
Location: Schreiner's Iris Garden, Salem, OR.
Date: 2015-05-18

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 05-09-2004
Garden Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Butter Bowl') 001
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-26
"Paeonia 'Festiva Maxima', 2017, (2-DB-W) Chinese or lactiflora [
Uploaded by MissMimie
Uploaded by MissMimie
Location: Schreiner's Iris Garden, Salem, OR.
Date: 2015-05-18
Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Mar 30, 2018 7:52 AM concerning plant:
    Peony 'Butter Bowl' (Rosenfield, 1955) is a 36" pink, lactiflora cultivar. A Japanese type flower with a butter yellow center surrounded by rose-pink petals, which fade to shell pink. A vigorous, upright grower. Originated by J.F. Rosenfield (1855-1934) Indianapolis, Indiana. Appears that one of his more famous peonies is 'Karl Rosenfield, which was introduced in 1908.
  • Posted by valleyrimgirl on Dec 14, 2012 8:56 AM concerning plant:
    Hybridizer: (Rosenfield, Jacob '55)
    Cultivar: Hybrid lactiflora
    Height: 36"
    Blooming Season: Mid to Late
    Description: Fragrant floriferous pink Japanese form peony with a huge buttery yellow center. It has a wide fan of rose-pink guard petals, which fade gradually to shell pink as they age.
    Note about name: Registered as 'Butter Bowl', but also known as 'Butterbowl'.

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