Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Shirley Temple') in the Peonies Database

Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant:	Unknown
Year of Registration or Introduction:	Before 1948
Cultivar Group (Type):	Lactiflora
Season of bloom:	Early (week 2)
Flower Form:	Full Double
Flower Color:	White Pink
Flower color description:	Light rose which changes into white.
Flower size:	8 inches
Needs support:	No

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
Uses:	Cut Flower
Pollinators:	Various insects
Parentage:	Festiva Maxima x Mme. Edouard Doriat

Common names

Peony
Chinese Peony
Garden Peony

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Location: My Garden, Wickford, Essex, UK.
Date: 2023-06-04

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Location: Louisville KY
Date: 2023-05-11
About as white as it gets.

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Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2014-06-18
Very pretty.

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Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2021-06-07

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Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2024-05-22

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Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2022-05-30

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Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-23
Photo taken at Adelman Peony Gardens

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Location: Peony garden - full sun
Date: 2016-04-16
Amazing eyes for a Lowe's purchase!

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Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: 2010-06-12
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An

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Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: 2012-06-09
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An

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Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2014-05-11

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Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2022-05-30
Baptisia in front

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-24
Peony 'Shirley Temple' 24W21 7yo Lactiflora F2 (Smirnow before 19

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2009-06-05

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Location: Peony garden - full sun
Date: 2016-04-23

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Date: 4000-02-21
Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms

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Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-04-13

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-20
In my garden

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Date: 2007-01-31
Courtesy Peony Paradise

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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.

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Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-05-18

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Location: Saaremaa, Estonia
Date: 2022-06-26

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Shirley Temple', 2017, (3-DB-W) Chinese or lactiflora [

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Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 18, 2018 9:53 AM concerning plant:

"Paeonia 'Shirley Temple', (3-DB-W) lactiflora cultivar Peony, (Smirnow before 1948), USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Medium height, double, pale pink fades to white petals, slightly fragrant, side-buds, midseason bloomer, Michigan Bloom Month 5.

Petals arranged in whorls with occasional red edges on inner petals. Buds often flat with red markings. A cross of 'Festiva Maxima' x 'Mme Edouard Doriat'. Some credit Smirnow for this peony, while others report origin unknown."

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