Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: William Gratwick / Lee Gratwick
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1996
Cultivar Group (Type): Suffruticosa Tree Peony
Season of bloom: Early (week 2)
Flower Form: Semi-Double
Flower Color: White
Flower color description: Pure white with maroon red flares; maroon sheath over green carpels with pink stigmas; pale ivory or yellow filaments; golden anthers
Flower size: large

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 - 5 feet
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
6"-12"
Flower Time: Spring
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Peony

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Location: Euro-American tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-05-27
Sea of Tranquility - hard to beat it for an early blooming white
Location: Euro-American tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2014-05-27
Sea of Tranquility tree peony - red flares and red stigmas add co
Location: Euro-American tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2017-05-15
Sea of Tranquility tree peony - a maroon sheath encases the carpe
Location: Euro-American tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-05-23
Sea of Tranquility tree peony - blooms flatten out, but individua
Location: Euro-American tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2016-05-26
Sea of Tranquility tree peony - eventually the pink sheath dries
Location: Euro-American tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2017-05-14
Sea of Tranquility tree peony - the second earliest blooming Euro
Location: Euro-American tree peony bed at the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2014-05-22
Sea of Tranquility tree peony bud
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