Originator/Registrant: | Mains |
Year of Registration or Introduction: | 1956 |
Cultivar Group (Type): | Herbaceous Hybrid |
Season of bloom: | Early (week 2) |
Flower Form: | Semi-Double |
Flower Color: | Red |
Flower color description: | Dark mahogany red, cupped and rounded outer petals and narrower and more deeply cut central petaloids, interspersed among thick, yellow anthers. |
Flower size: | Medium |
Needs support: | No |
Awards: | Gold Medal: APS Gold Medal 2010 Award of Landscape Merit: 2009 |
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 8b |
Plant Height: | 2.5 - 3 ft. |
Plant Spread: | 2.5 - 3 ft. |
Fruit: | Dehiscent |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
Uses: | Cut Flower |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Pollinators: | Various insects |
Awards and Recognitions: | Other: APS Gold Medal '10 |
Parentage: | Paeonia officinalis x Paeonia lactiflora |
RachaelHunter | On May 11, 2022 | Obtained plant Farmer Gracy |
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