Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Year of Registration or Introduction: Japan before 1896
Cultivar Group (Type): Suffruticosa Tree Peony
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Semi-Double
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Red, a little lighter than Taiyo Large size. Midseason. No purplish line on leafstalk. Vigrous.
Flower size: Very large, 8-10 inches

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy

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Common names
  • Japanese Tree Peony
  • Peony
Also sold as:
  • Asahiminato

Photo Gallery
Location: Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-05-26
Showing the color bleaching and silvering at the petal edges that
Location: Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-05-24
This shot shows the tendency of these red/deep pink blooms to fad

Date: 2015-05-29
The Yokohama Nursery Japan 1900
Location: Japanese tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-05-27
Japanese tree peony Asahi-minato
Location: Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Date: 2016-04-30

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