Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Lemoine
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1904
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Season of bloom: Late Midseason (week 5)
Flower Form: Full Double
Flower Color: Pink
Flower color description: Light rose-pink with flesh tints toward base of petals
Flower size: Large

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Garden Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2016-06-04
Two plants of Rachel in full bloom
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-12
Rachel peony bloom showing the silvering along the petal margins
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-05
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2016-06-04
The blooms of Rachel seem darker pink to me than the 'light rose'

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