Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Kelway
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1888
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Late Midseason (week 5)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: White
Flower color description: Pale flesh-white, tinted cream; outer petals frequently shaded with faint pink.
Flower size: Very 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
Leaves: Fragrant
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Chinese Peony
  • Garden Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2021-05-26
So beautiful!   One of my favorite whites.
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-12
Baroness Schroeder (Bed 27 )
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-12
Baroness Schroeder (Bed 27 ) This is a fairly young plant, plante
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2017-05-23

Date: c. 1912
photo from the 1912 catalog, Good & Reese, Springfield, Ohio
Uploaded by Cem9165
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2017-05-23
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-04-13

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