Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Crouse
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1885
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower color description: Smooth white guard petals surrounding an incurved, blush-white center which quickly develops a crown. Frequently crimson marks on the tips of several petals; occasionally tinted lemon. Flower becomes white with age, except for the crimson spots at center.
Flower size: Medium

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
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant

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Common names
  • Peony
Also sold as:
  • Madame de Verneville

Photo Gallery
Location: Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2015-06-09
An example of an open, less compact, flatter bloom form than the
Location: Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-06-05
Location: Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-06-02
Red streaking or flaking occurs in some blooms, but not all.  It
Location: Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-06-02
An example of a bloom of this peony that is bomb double in form.
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-06-02
A very faint pink blush can occasionally be seen in the crown pet
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-14
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2012-05-29
zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2010-05-30

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Courtesy Peony Paradise used with permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2012-05-29
zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-14
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2010-05-30

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Photo courtesy of: James Steakley

Date: 2007-01-30
Courtesy Peony Paradise
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My garden, zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2012-05-29
zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.

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