Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Franklin
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1931
Season of bloom: Late (week 6)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Light pink rose type
Flower size: Very large
Needs support: Yes

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 40 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Uses: Cut Flower

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Garden Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-11
Opening bud, with just guard petals revealed so far
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Minuet heirloom peony, a late bloomer.  Blooms that show a range
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
This bloom is midway between the all pale and all pink forms the

Date: 2019-06-05
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Side view of Minuet heirloom peony
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Pink perfection!  Sigh.
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-11
Blooms can be light pink, or, as in this case, so pale as to be n
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Minuet', 2017, (5-DB-PK) Chinese or lactiflora [Peony],
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-11
'Minuet' is a late bloomer, and a prolific one, but too much heat
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-11
At its best, 'Minuet' can be glorious
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-06-01
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: 2013-06-16
Photo courtesy of: James Steakley
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Minuet', 2017, (5-DB-PK) Chinese or lactiflora [Peony],
Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Mar 18, 2018 6:11 AM concerning plant:
    Peony 'Minuet' (Franklin, 1931) is a soft pink double lactiflora peony with a rose type flower and long stems. Fragrant, late bloomer, and tall at 40in. Bred by Alonzo Barry Franklin (1858-1944), Franklin Nursery, Minneapolis, MN. Franklin introduced around 100 peonies between 1928-1942. Minuet, Mrs. A. B. Franklin, A B Franklin, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt were released over 85 years ago and remain popular today.

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