Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Auten
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1957
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Brilliant dark red with yellow stamens.
Needs support: No

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: 32 inches (80 cm)
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Cut Flower

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Common names
  • Chinese Peony
  • Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2023-05-21
Location: Adelman Peony Garden, OR
Date: 2023-06-05
Location: southeast Ohio
Date: 2015-05-16

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
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Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2008-02-05
Courtesy Peony Paradise
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