Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Hans P Sass
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1937
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Late Midseason (week 5)
Flower Form: Bomb
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Sparkling bright rose, almost cerise.
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
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Garden Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-27
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-08
Much better color in this 2019 bloom than in any of the 2018 bloo
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-27
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-08
A young plant (planted fall 2016), photographed in summer 2019
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-04
A typical rich pink bud next to an atypically pale pink bloom
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-08
Bloom color can vary from year to year.  The 2019 blooms conform

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