Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: H. P. Sass
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1930
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Late (week 6)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: White
Flower color description: White delightfully veiled in pink. Rose form.
Flower size: Large
Needs support: No
Awards: Gold Medal: APS Gold Medal 1943

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
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Pollinators: Various insects
Awards and Recognitions: Other: APS Gold Medal 1943

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Chinese Peony
  • Garden Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Top view of Elsa Sass peony
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Side view of Elsa Sass peony
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2004-07-16

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
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Date: 2007-01-30
Courtesy Peony Paradise
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