Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: N. I. W. Kriek
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1955
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Ruby red.
Flower size: Large
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
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 34 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Cut Flower
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Chinese Peony
  • Garden Peony
  • Peony

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Location: Huntsville, Al
Date: 2022-04-22

Date: 2022-04-26
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2022-04-30

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
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Date: 2021-04-30
Location: my front yard
Date: 2019-06-09

Date: 2021-04-24

Date: 2022-04-26

Date: 2021-04-23
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Date: 2022-04-26
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2011-06-06
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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-06-19
Chinese Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Felix Supreme') buds

Date: 2021-05-04

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-06-19
Chinese Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Felix Supreme') buds and bloom
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: 2013-06-09
Photo courtesy of: James Steakley
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-05-31

Date: 2021-04-21
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2023-05-30
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2023-05-30
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2023-06-01

Date: 2009-02-24
Courtesy Peony Paradise
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