Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Orville W. Fay
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1973
Cultivar Group (Type): Herbaceous Hybrid
Season of bloom: Early (week 2)
Flower Form: Single
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Bright red, 2 or 3 rows of petals, with yellow stamens.
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
Plant Height: 32 inches (80 cm)
Plant Spread: 24 to 36 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Parentage: Bravura x self

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-05-27
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-05
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-06-05
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-05-27
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: Elysium Gardens, Kelowna, BC
Date: 2007-05-30
 3:58 pm. A fully stunning plant.
Location: Zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2011-06-07
6-7-11 zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: Zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2009-06-05
6-5-09 zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: Zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2011-06-07
6-7-11 zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2013-06-09
Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2020-06-02
Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2020-05-28
Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2019-06-04
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
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Location: Saaremaa, Estonia
Date: 2022-06-27
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Location: Estonia
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2012-05-03
zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2012-05-03
Bud after a spring shower
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-05-27

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Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.

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  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Mar 28, 2018 8:17 AM concerning plant:
    Paeonia 'Blaze' (Fay, 1973) is scarlet red, single, lightly fragrant, midseason, 32" tall, hybrid peony. Bright red wavy petals with a gold center. A strong growing variety with sturdy plant habit. Parentage Bravura x self. Registered by David Reath. Vulcan, Michigan, June 30, 1973. Orville Fay from Northwood, Illinois introduced only 5 peonies. Four of the five remain popular: Prairie Moon, Paula Fay, Coral Fay, and Blaze.
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gwydas On October 29, 2020 Obtained plant
Purchased via mail from Eden Brothers.
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Will be planting very late (*January) in a pot indoors.
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