Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Dessert-Doriat
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1927
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Late Midseason (week 5)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Very similar in habit and form to Souvenir de Louis Bigot but with a darker and more brilliant pink coloring. This flower is considered its equal and by some its superior.

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
Plant Height: 30 to 36 inches (75-90 cm)
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Peony
Also sold as:
  • Madame Emile Débatène

Photo Gallery
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-12
Madame Emile Débatène peony - even young plants produce huge lu

Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2014-06-16
Attractive flower.
Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-25
Uploaded by Oldgardenrose
Location: Work area
Date: 2011-0421
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Madame Emile Debatene', 2017, (3-DB-PK) Chinese or lact
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carpathiangirl On April 30, 2020 Obtained plant
2 small divisions
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Gorgeous shot, but peonies are tough by arctangent Apr 26, 2020 10:32 AM 0

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