Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Mann/van Steen
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1936
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Early (week 2)
Flower Form: Semi-Double
Flower Color: White
Flower color description: Blush, fades to white. Good substance.
Flower size: Very large
Needs support: No
Awards: Gold Medal: 1956

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 7b
Plant Height: 36 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Awards and Recognitions: Other: APS Gold Medal 1956
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Chinese Peony

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Location: Louisville KY
Date: 2023-05-10
Miss America peony
Uploaded by frankrichards16
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2019-06-26
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-05-25
Just before the pink cup fades to white.
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2008-06-15
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2011-06-15

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My home
Date: 2017-05-25
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-05-28
The pink cup has now faded to white.
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-05-28
It is now fully open and pure white.
Location: Saaremaa, Estonia
Date: 2022-06-26
Location: Meise botanical garden

Date: 2014-05-10
Uploaded by frankrichards16
Uploaded by frankrichards16

Date: 2021-10-12
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2011-06-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-05-25
It starts out with a light pink cup, then fades to white.
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-05-28
It starts out with a light pink cup, then fades to white.
Location: My home
Date: 2017-05-28
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Botanical Garden, Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-05-26
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-05-26
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-05-26
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-05-26
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2017-05-26
Location: Meise botanical garden
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: May 20, 2012
photo by James Steakley
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Uploaded by Ticker

Date: 2007-02-17
Courtesy Peony Paradise
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Uploaded by frankrichards16
Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 22, 2018 6:25 AM concerning plant:
    "Paeonia 'Miss America', (3-SD-W) lactiflora cultivar Peony, (Mann-van Steen, 1936), USDA Hardiness Zone 3, Medium height, semi-double, white petals, yellow stamens, cupped, has side-buds, fragrant, midseason bloomer, Michigan Bloom Month 5-6.

    APS Gold Medal Award 1956. Some flowers develop center petals."

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