Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Auten
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1933
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Late (week 6)
Flower Form: Japanese
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Vivid deep red Japanese-form flowers feature a striking center of bright gold-edged staminodes accented with central streaks of red. Partially hidden green carpels.
Awards: Award of Landscape Merit: 2014

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 36 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Japanese Peony
  • Chinese Peony

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Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-11
Sword Dance peony #pollination #butterflies Tentative ID for the
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2016-06-18
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2014-06-12
Sword Dance peony - aging bloom with carpels exposed.

Date: 2007-01-31
Courtesy Peony Paradise
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Location: Cowansville, Quebec, Canada
Date: 2017-06-18
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-06-23
Sword Dance holding up well after a very heavy rainfall.

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2011-06-22
Photo courtesy of: Uleli
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Sword Dance', 2017, (3-JAP-R) Chinese or lactiflora [Pe
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Sword Dance', 2017, (3-JAP-R) Chinese or lactiflora [Pe

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2006-07-07
Photo courtesy of: Ulf Eliasson

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