Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Saunders
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1948
Cultivar Group (Type): Lutea Hybrid Tree Peony
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Semi-Double
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower color description: Flat rosette type of soft creamy gold with small red flare at the base of the petals.
Needs support: No
Awards: Gold Medal: 1973

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Lutea Hybrid Tree Peony
  • Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: Triangle tree peony bed, W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2023-05-28
The red flares are fairly well hidden in this bloom
Location: American Peony Society Garden, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 06/02/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
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Location: Arboretum w Ellerhoop-Thiensen, Germany.
Date: 2012-06-26
Location: Arboretum w Ellerhoop-Thiensen, Germany.
Date: 2012-06-26

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
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Photo Courtesy of Nate Bremer at Solaris Farms. Used with Permiss
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