Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Cultivar Group (Type): Other
Season of bloom: Very Early (week 1)
Flower Form: Single
Flower Color: Purple
Pink
Flower color description: Blooms are a deep pink or magenta color. Carpels are green, with bright pink stigmas. The filaments are deep pink at the base, fading to white near the anthers.
Flower size: small to medium

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Ploidy: Tetraploid

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Common names
  • Peony

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Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-05-19
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-05-19
Distinctive foliage
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2023-05-14
This, the lone specimen of this variety I've seen, is slow growin
Location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-05-22
Blooms last only a few days before they drop their petals
Comments:
  • Posted by arctangent (Ann Arbor, Michigan - Zone 6a) on May 7, 2024 7:26 AM concerning plant:
    According to the article on subspecies of P. officinalis on the Peony Society website, P. officinalis huthii is native to a small region of S. and SE. France and NW. Italy. Its preferred habitat is oak, beech, or mixed oak-beech forests in limestone soil in mountain areas in a fairly narrow range of altitudes (900 - 2000 m, approx.) This probably means it isn't very vigorous in most gardens in North America.

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