with others that Duchess de Nemours is a vigorous grower that produces many stems and flowers as I personally experience this in my own garden. More modern peonies that are currently widely grown for cut flowers are Lemon Chiffon and Coral Charm. I have seen videos of The PEony SHop processing Lemon Chiffon for cut flowers and it blows your mind. I guess these two peonies must keep well and open well in order for them so popular. For me, Red Charm is a very good cut flower as it lasts a long time in the vase. Cytherea also lasts a long time in the vase. Mrs FDR is a vigorous peony and produces many stems for flowers cutting. I am not sure about her vase life as I have not observed yet. I can let you know how it does in the vase this year.