Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Shaylor
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1917
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: White
Flower color description: "Center ribs of petals are yellow, giving a total effect of creamy yellow center."

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Plant Height: 2.5 to 3 feet
Plant Spread: 2.5 to 3 feet
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer

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Common names
  • Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-23
Peony 'Luella Shaylor' 24W21 6yo Lactiflora T1 (Shaylor, 1917) (3
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-23
Peony 'Luella Shaylor' 24W21 6yo Lactiflora T1 (Shaylor, 1917) (3
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-12
Luella Shaylor peony - bloom type 3, between Japanese and anemone
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Luella Shaylor peony - plant covered in blooms, many past their p
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2017-06-05
Luella Shaylor peony - opening buds
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2015-06-09
Luella Shaylor peony - comparison of bloom centers showing variat
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Luella Shaylor peony - Detail of the green carpels surrounded by
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-12
Luella Shaylor peony - bloom type 1, between anemone and double.
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-18
Luelle Shaylor peony - bloom type 2 - very like Japanese in form
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Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Apr 1, 2018 7:12 AM concerning plant:
    Peony 'Luella Shaylor' (Shaylor, 1917) is a white, double lactiflora cultivar: white guards, yellow center, center petals have yellow ribs, medium height, midseason. Looks more like a Japanese or anemone type? Bred by Egbert Jerome Shaylor (1843-1926) Auburndale, MA. Shaylor has 37 peonies listed with the American Peony Society.

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