Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Wild
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1966
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Midseason (week 4)
Flower Form: Japanese
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Pale pink with petaloids coming through the chamois center.
Flower size: Large, 6 inches
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 to 36 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Garden Peony

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Location: In my Canadian Zone 2b garden here close to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Date: 2012-06-29
Location: In my Canadian Zone 2b garden here close to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Date: 2012-06-27

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: May 20, 2012
photo by James Steakley
Comments:
  • Posted by valleyrimgirl on Dec 13, 2012 5:24 PM concerning plant:
    Glowing Candles peony has a 6" flower of Japanese form, with a double row of delicate, shell pink outer guard petals. Petaloids often arise from the chamois-colored center. Side buds prolong the bloom period on Glowing Candles.

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