Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: A. B. Franklin
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1932
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Early Midseason (week 3)
Midseason (week 4)
Late Midseason (week 5)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Extra long, loose petals of soft rose color.
Needs support: No
Awards: Gold Medal: APS Gold Medal 1948

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 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 34 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Awards and Recognitions: Other: APS Gold Medal 1948

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Common names
  • Chinese Peony
  • Peony
  • Garden Peony

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Date: 2022-04-06

Date: 2022-04-06
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Uploaded by NMay
Location: Ann Arbor MI
Date: 06/09/2019
U of M Nichols Arboretum
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Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Ann Arbor MI
Date: 06/09/2019
U of M Nichols Arboretum
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2022-06-12
Mrs. FDR blooming next to Big Ben Peony
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2023-06-24
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-05-17
Uploaded by Minyatur
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Date: 2022-04-05
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Date: 05/29/2022
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Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.

Date: 2018-06-04

Photo courtesy of: Bob Gutowski

Date: 4000-03-12
Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms

Date: 2015-05-11

Photo courtesy of: coloredby

Date: 2021-10-10

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
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Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
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Location: Elkhart
Date: 2023-06-01
Uploaded by kousa
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-05-19
Location: In my garden. Poland.

Date: 2008-05-27
Photo courtesy of: Bob Gutowski

Date: 2007-05-28
Photo courtesy of: Bob Gutowski

Photo courtesy of: Bob Gutowski

Date: 2010-06-06
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2023-06-01
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2023-06-02
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-05-17
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-05-19
Uploaded by Ticker
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2023-06-01
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.

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

Date: 2007-01-30
Courtesy Peony Paradise
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