Garden Peony (Paeonia 'Coral Charm') in the Peonies Database

Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant:	Samuel E. Wissing
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1964
Cultivar Group (Type):	Herbaceous Hybrid
Season of bloom:	Early (week 2)
Flower Form:	Semi-Double
Flower Color:	Coral
Flower color description:	Huge bowl shaped flower, coral, golden center of stamens. 36" stems.
Needs support:	No
Awards:	Gold Medal: 1986

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun 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:	36-40 inches
Plant Spread:	30-36 inches
Fruit:	Dehiscent
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Other: Coral
Flower Time:	Spring
Uses:	Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies
Resistances:	Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Pollinators:	Various insects
Parentage:	Paeonia lactiflora x Otto Froebel
Child plants:	one child plant

Common names

Garden Peony
Peony

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Location: Zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2010-05-27
5-27-10 zone 4 Wisconsin

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Date: 2011-06-07
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Date: May 23, 2015
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Date: 2015 05-18

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-26
"Paeonia 'Coral Charm', 2017, (2-SD-PK) Hybrid [Peony], pay-OHN-e

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Date: 2016-05-20

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Date: 2010-05-25
Zone 4 Wisconsin

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Date: 2017-05-22
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Location: Work area
Date: 2012-1004
Gift from a trader.

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Location: Wisconsin
Date: 2012-03-27
Zone 4 Wisconsin

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-31
"Paeonia 'Coral Charm', 2018 photo, (2-SD-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Wiss

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Date: 2022-05-17

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Location: The Park
Date: 2014-05-24
Complete with requisite ants on the bud!

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Date: 2007-01-29
Courtesy Peony Paradise

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Date: 2016-04-16

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Date: 2012-04-22
Zone 4 Wisconsin

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Location: Zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2009-06-06
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Location: Zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2011-06-06
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Posted by goldfinch4 (Ripon, Wisconsin) on Oct 11, 2011 2:37 AM concerning plant:

This plant is very tall in my zone 4 garden at 48" plus. The semi-double flowers are a gorgeous coral color when they open, but fade quickly to a pale coral. Still very pretty however. This is one peony that does not smell good at all. It actually has a very unpleasant smell when used as a cut flower, especially as it fades.

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Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 8, 2018 10:39 AM concerning plant:

"Paeonia 'Coral Charm', (2-SD-PK) Hybrid Peony, (Wissing, 1964), USDA Hardiness Zone 2, Medium height, semi-double, antique rose shape (bowl), coral petals, golden center, Michigan Bloom Month 5c.

A cross of P. lactiflora x P. peregrina 'Otto Fröbel' bred by Samuel E. Wissing, Lombard, Illinois. Registered with APS by Klehm Nursery. APS Gold Metal 1986. One of the few patented peonies (PP04247, 1978)"

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