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Peony |
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Chinese Peony |
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Garden Peony |
| Originator/Registrant: | Miellez |
| Year of Registration or Introduction: | 1851 |
| Cultivar Group (Type): | Lactiflora |
| Season of bloom: | Early (week 2) |
| Flower Form: | Full Double |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Flower color description: | White, with prominent crimson flakes on a few central petals |
| Needs support: | No |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 7b |
| Plant Height: | 24-36 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 24-36 inches |
| Fruit: | Dehiscent |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
| Uses: | Cut Flower |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| Child plants: | one child plant |
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| Posted by Deebie (midstate South Carolina - Zone 8a) on Apr 20, 2014 7:41 PM This is one of the few early blooming varieties that grows well in the South. Its double flowers are full and beautiful. Be sure to use plant supports for these flowers as the stems will bend/break because of the weight of the blooms, especially when it's wet. |
| Posted by TexasPlumeria87 (Plano, TX - Zone 8a) on Jan 5, 2013 6:08 AM The winters can be very mild here, so I rarely see blooms. [ 14 replies | |
| Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 12, 2018 10:14 AM "Paeonia 'Festiva Maxima', (2-DB-W) lactiflora cultivar Peony, (Miellez, 1851), USDA Hardiness Zone 2, Medium height, very large flowers, white petals, crimson markings on center petals, fragrant, early bloomer, Michigan Bloom Month 5-6. [ Reply to this comment | |
| carpathiangirl | On April 5, 2019 | Obtained plant root planted |
| NikkiGerena | On June 2, 2017 | Transplanted |
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