Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: A. B. Franklin
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1928
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Late (week 6)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: White
Pink
Flower color description: Blush fading white.
Flower size: Very large
Needs support: No
Awards: Gold Medal: 1933

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
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant

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Common names
  • Chinese Peony
  • Peony

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-09-13
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-09-13
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-09-13
Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Mar 16, 2018 8:18 AM concerning plant:
    Paeonia 'A B Franklin' (Franklin, 1928). Bred by Alonzo Barry Franklin, Franklin Nursery, Minneapolis, MN (1858-1944). Late flowering, large bloom. Pink blush fading to white, double. Fragrant. A very light blush when it first opens, fading white. APS Gold Medal 1933. Mr. Franklin released ~100 peonies, mostly between 1928-1942. A few are still popular today: Mrs. A. B. Franklin, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Minuet.

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