Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Parmentier
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1850
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Late Midseason (week 5)
Flower Form: Semi-Double
Full Double
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Deep purplish crimson of semi-rose type, with golden stamens. Petal margins become silvered or white as blooms age.
Flower size: large
Needs support: No

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 36 inches (90 cm)
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant

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Common names
  • Peony
Also sold as:
  • Francoise Ortegat
  • Frances Ortega
  • Frances Ortegat
  • Francis Ortegot
  • François Ortegat

Photo Gallery
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-12
Peony Francois Ortegat - a bloom in its prime, just beginning to
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-05
Peony Francois Ortegat - two mature plants.  Note the silvering o
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2017-06-03
Peony Francois Ortegat - stamens showing around a central tuft of
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2014-06-05
Peony Francois Ortegat - bud with ant visitor #insects
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2016-06-06
Peony Francois Ortegat - buds. This one is already displaying sil
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-12
Peony Francois Ortegat - the blooms are quite beautiful seen en m
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2016-06-06
Peony Francois Ortegat - comparison of an aging bloom, extensivel
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