Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Henry Sass
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1949
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Late Midseason (week 5)
Late (week 6)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: White
Flower color description: Pure white.
Flower size: Large
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 to 34 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Chinese Peony

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Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-27
Location: southeast Ohio
Date: 2017-05-11
Location: southeast Ohio
Date: 2017-05-14
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2023-06-09
A typical symmetrical, densely packed white bloom, free of any si
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2023-06-09
These late midseason blooms are worth waiting for.
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-27

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
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Date: 2007-02-17
Courtesy Peony Paradise
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Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2023-06-09
A top view, to show the symmetrical form of most blooms.  This on

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
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