Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Lemoine
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1907
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Early (week 2)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: White
Flower color description: White, tinged ivory, becoming pure white without markings as it develops.
Flower size: Very large
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
Plant Height: 32 inches (80 cm)
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Chinese Peony
  • Garden Peony

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Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2018-06-02
Le Cygne (Bed 6)
Location: Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-06-02
The plant lives up to its 'Swan' name in an unexpected way.  The

Date: 2022-03-14

Date: 2021-10-10
Location: Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-06-07
I'd have missed the inchworm if I hadn't tried out this low persp

Date: 2022-03-13
Location: Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2014-05-29
An 'ugly duckling' of a bud will give rise to a beautiful 'swan'

Date: 2022-03-12

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
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