Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Kelway
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1900
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Early (week 2)
Flower Form: Single
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Deep red, sometimes verging on garnet. No hint of blue, so blooms never look pink. Stamens (both filaments and anthers) are bright yellow.
Flower size: Large
Needs support: No

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
5"-6"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer

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Common names
  • Peony

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Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-07
An insect hovers over the golden center of Flag of War.  Hover fl
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-07
Grow if for its colors, not the shape of its blooms
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2017-05-31
Opening bud, already showing this cultivar's tendency to form mes
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-07
To be honest, I find the blooms of Flag of War to be floppy and m
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Comments:
  • Posted by arctangent (Ann Arbor, Michigan - Zone 6a) on Jun 16, 2023 2:19 PM concerning plant:
    The petals of Flag of War are very shiny or glossy, at least on their upper sides. There are few if any side blooms.

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