Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Auten
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1944
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Japanese
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Soft cerise pink, almost uniform in color, of exceptional purity and refinement. Starburst center of pale pink can have darker pink and white staminodium.

General Plant Information (Edit)
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: 30 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Chinese Peony
  • Garden Peony
  • Peony

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Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2018-06-30
Even though this is classified as midseason, it is one of the las
Location: Greenwood, MN
Date: 2014-06-16
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-01-03
This peony does not require staking.
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-10-10
"Paeonia 'Fancy Nancy', 2018 photo, Common Name: (3-JAP-PK) lacti
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-06-26
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-06-03
"Paeonia lactiflora 'Fancy Nancy', 2015, [Peony] (3-JAP-PK), pay-
Uploaded by frankrichards16
Location: Greenwood, MN
Date: 2016-05-30
It always rains on the day the peonies open.
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-10-10
"Paeonia 'Fancy Nancy', 2018 photo, Common Name: (3-JAP-PK) lacti
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-30
"Paeonia 'Fancy Nancy', 2018 photo, (3-JAP-PK) lactiflora cultiva
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-30
"Paeonia 'Fancy Nancy', 2018 photo, (3-JAP-PK) lactiflora cultiva
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-06-03
"Paeonia lactiflora 'Fancy Nancy', 2015, [Peony] (3-JAP-PK), pay-
Uploaded by frankrichards16
Uploaded by frankrichards16

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
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Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-30
"Paeonia 'Fancy Nancy', 2018 photo, (3-JAP-PK) lactiflora cultiva
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-30
"Paeonia 'Fancy Nancy', 2018 photo, (3-JAP-PK) lactiflora cultiva
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Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 9, 2018 8:01 AM concerning plant:
    "Paeonia 'Fancy Nancy', (3-JAP-PK) lactiflora cultivar Peony, (Auten, 1944), USDA Hardiness Zone 2, Medium height, Japanese form, cerise pink guard petals, fades to light pink, dark pink & white staminodes, midseason bloomer , Michigan Bloom Month 5c-6.

    Japanese/ Anemone type flower. Bred by Edward Auten Jr. (1881-1974) Princeville, Illinois. Auten has close to 300 peonies registered with the American Peony Society including favorites like 'Big Ben', 'Do Tell' and 'Early Scout'."

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