Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Saunders
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1950
Cultivar Group (Type): Herbaceous Hybrid
Other: Quadruple hybrid, albiflora or lactiflora, officinalis, macrophylla, Mlokosewitschi.
Season of bloom: Very Early (week 1)
Early (week 2)
Early Midseason (week 3)
Flower Form: Semi-Double
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Rose pink. Bright warm pink, flared deeper with crimson stigmas and gold center.
Flower size: "huge"

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Uses: Cut Flower

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Garden Peony

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Date: 2008-04-08
Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: May 16, 2015
After rain.
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: May 16, 2015
After rain.
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-10
Peony 'Firelight' 24W19 xPeony N4- (Saunders, 1950) (2-SD-PK) xPe

Date: 2011-02-03
Courtesy Peony Paradise
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-10
Peony 'Firelight' 24W19 xPeony N4- (Saunders, 1950) (2-SD-PK) xPe

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

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
  • Uploaded by Joy

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