Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Aart Hoogendoorn
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1949
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Single
Flower Color: White
Flower size: 10 to 12 inches

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
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Pollinators: Various insects

Image
Common names
  • Peony

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Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2016-06-19
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-5-30
The dense mass of all yellow stamens (anthers and filaments) can
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-06-07
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-06-07
Blooms on a young plant
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2023-05-09
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2022-06-16
White Wings with irises and Bartzella
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2023-06-15
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2013-06-23
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-24
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-24
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2016-06-19
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2014-06-19
Delicate.
Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2014-06-16
Opening up.
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-25

Date: 2006-06-24
Photo courtesy of: Ulf Eliasson

Photo courtesy of Brooks Gardens Peonies. Used with permission.
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Date: 2007-05-27
Photo courtesy of: Bob Gutowski

Date: 2008-06-12
Photo courtesy of: Epibase
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: 2012-05-27
Photo courtesy of: James Steakley

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