Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Saunders
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1948
Cultivar Group (Type): Lutea Hybrid Tree Peony
Flower Form: Semi-Double
Flower Color: Red
Flower color description: Crimson red with black-red flares and golden yellow stamens.
Awards: Gold Medal: 1983

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Tree Peony
  • Peony
  • Lutea Hybrid Tree Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-12
Peony 'Chinese Dragon' 24W19 7yo Woody S1 (Saunders, 1948) (2-SD-
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-12
Peony 'Chinese Dragon' 24W19 7yo Woody S1 (Saunders, 1948) (2-SD-
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-23
"Paeonia suffruticosa 'Chinese Dragon', 2018 photo, (2-SD-RD) lut
Uploaded by frankrichards16

Date: 2009-02-23
Courtesy Peony Paradise
  • Uploaded by vic
Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 6, 2018 7:29 AM concerning plant:
    "Paeonia suffruticosa 'Chinese Dragon', (2-SD-RD) lutea hybrid Tree Peony, (Saunders, 1948), USDA Hardiness Zone 4, 4ft. tall, single to semi-double form, red petals, dark red flares, red filaments, yellow anthers, early bloomer, red tipped carpels, Michigan Bloom Month 5

    APS Gold Medal winner 1983."

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