Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Miellez
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1856
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Early (week 2)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Globular at first, very light-old-rose-pink with creamy tints in the collar, and the somewhat darker center strongly marked with crimson flakes.
Flower size: Large

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 to 39 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant

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Common names
  • Peony
Also sold as:
  • Madame Calot
  • Leonie

Photo Gallery
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-02
The Madame Calot plants in the Peony Garden collection routinely
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: 2012-06-10
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: 2012-06-10
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An

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