Itoh Peony (Paeonia 'Going Bananas') in the Peonies Database - Garden.org

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Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant:	Roger F. Anderson
Cultivar Group (Type):	Intersectional (Itoh) Hybrid
Season of bloom:	Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form:	Single
Flower Color:	Yellow
Flower color description:	Yellow petals and red flares.
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
Plant Height:	2 to 2.5 ft.
Plant Spread:	2.5 to 3 ft.
Fruit:	Dehiscent
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant

Common names

Itoh Peony
Intersectional Peony
Peony

Also sold as:

Mozart

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Location: In my Canadian Zone 2b garden here close to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Date: 2012-06-27

Uploaded by valleyrimgirl

Location: Adelman's Peony Garden, Salem, OR
Date: 2017-05-22
flower show

Uploaded by HighdesertNiki

Uploaded by frankrichards16

Uploaded by frankrichards16

Date: 2008-02-09
Courtesy Peony Paradise

Uploaded by vic

Comments:

Posted by valleyrimgirl on Dec 14, 2012 5:51 PM concerning plant:

Hybridizer: Anderson, Roger
Registered: Not registered.
Parentage: No parentage listed.
Height: 25-29" tall
Spread: 29-35" wide
Blooming: Midseason
Minimum zone: Canadian Zone 2
Description: Very large flowers have intensely yellow single to semi double petals surrounding a tuft of yellow stamens with some red flaring in the center. It has a pleasant, slightly spicy scent. One of the best yellows ever produced. Makes an excellent garden plant as the sturdy stems require no staking. Compact growth habit.
Previous garden name: Mozart.

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Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 13, 2018 6:40 AM concerning plant:

"Paeonia 'Going Bananas', (3-SL-Y) Itoh Hybrid Peony, (Anderson, R.F.), USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Medium height, single, yellow petals, red flares, yellow stamens, Green carpels with yellow tips, lightly fragrant, midseason bloomer, Michigan Bloom Month 5-6.

Bred by Roger F. Anderson, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. An good landscape plant with fairly large flowers. Apparently it is named for one's reaction after seeing the flowers."

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