Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: HP Sass
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1933
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Light pink magenta-rose
Flower size: Large to very large

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Leaves: Good fall color
Fragrant
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
6"-12"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-08
Marietta Sisson peony - Blooms open in a cupped shape like this w
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Marietta Sisson peony - there's a lot to love about this cultivar
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Marietta Sisson peony - the bloom was much larger than the widest
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Marietta Sisson peony - even young plants can produce huge blooms

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-08
Marietta Sisson peony - illustrating size of a typical bloom.  Th
Uploaded by frankrichards16

Date: 2007-01-30
Courtesy Peony Paradise
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