Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Donald Smith
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2002
Cultivar Group (Type): Intersectional (Itoh) Hybrid
Season of bloom: Late Midseason (week 5)
Late (week 6)
Flower Form: Semi-Double
Flower Color: Yellow
Orange
Needs support: No

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 36 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Parentage: Martha Washington x Golden Era

Image
Common names
  • Itoh Peony
  • Peony
  • Intersectional Peony

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Date: 2021-04-13
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-06-01

Date: 2021-04-13
Location: Litchfield, NH
Date: 6/10/18
Uploaded by NMay

Date: 2021-03-19

Date: 2023-05-25

Date: 2023-05-24

Date: 2021-05-31

Date: 2021-05-31
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2013-06-09
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 6-10-13

Date: 2022-05-23
Location: my front yard
Date: 2015-06-01
Location: Paeonia 'Singing in the Rain' taken at the 2013 Newport Flower show at Rosecliff in Newport, Rhode Island.
Date: 2013-06-22
Photo courtesy of: Captain-tucker

Date: 2023-05-25
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2012-05-07

Date: 2021-03-12
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-06-18
Sport

Date: 2021-02-28
Location: Elizabeth Colorado
Date: 2013-06-10
early in bloom life, fades to mostly yellow as it ages
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: 2013-06-09
Photo courtesy of: James Steakley
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-05-30
Uploaded by frankrichards16
Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 18, 2018 7:14 AM concerning plant:
    "Paeonia 'Singing in the Rain', (3-SD-Y) Itoh Hybrid Peony, (Smith, 2002), USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Medium height, semi-double, petals open apricot & fade to yellow, yellow-tipped carpels, no flares, side-buds, midseason bloomer , Michigan Bloom Month 5-6.

    On opening, the flowers have a pinkish hue (apricot) and fade to a clear yellow. Petals occasionally display dark pink streaks.The flowers hold up well in the rain and may sing."

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