Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Dessert
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1911
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Clear rose-pink, with deeper old-rose in center of petals.

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 24-36 inches
Plant Spread: 24-36 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Heirloom Garden Peony

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Location: 6-2011 *Heirloom Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-06-06
Location: 6-2011 *Heirloom Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-06-06
Location: 6-2011 *Heirloom Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-06-06
Location: 6-2011 *Heirloom Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-06-06
Location: 6-2011 *Heirloom Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-06-06
Location: 6-2011 *Heirloom Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-06-06
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