Favorite / Recommended Peonies

Hybrid / Species crosses. Red, light yellow center. None / no fragrance. Large, single bloom form. Early-to-mid. Height of up to 3' (up to 90 cm). Don Hollingsworth (1980).

8 favorite votes.

F,G,P,QAkalu

Hybrid lactiflora. Pink. Japanese (anemone, imperial) bloom form. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Auguste Dessert (1922).

8 favorite votes.

F,G,N,O,PAlbert Crousse (lactiflora, Crousse, 1893)

Hybrid lactiflora. Rose-pink, deep pink shading, lilac highlights, crimson flecks. Strong fragrance. Very large, full, bomb, flat bloom form. Late. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 37" (95 cm). François-Félix Crousse (1840-1925) (1893).

8 favorite votes.

Ball White

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Hybrid lactiflora. White. Very double, bomb bloom form. Prolific. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lewis (1926).

8 favorite votes.

F,G,O,P,QBanquet (hybrid lutea, Saunders, 1941)

Hybrid Lutea, Tree peony. Red, golden-yellow undertones, dark red flares. Semi-double bloom form. Early-to-mid. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 3' to 4' (90 to 120 cm). Prof. Arthur Percy Saunders (1939).

8 favorite votes.

G,N,O,PCheddar Charm

Hybrid lactiflora. Cream, yellow center. Moderate fragrance. Single, Japanese (anemone, imperial) bloom form. Midseason. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 30" to 3' (75 to 90 cm). Roy G. Klehm (1968).

8 favorite votes.

G,N,O,P,Q,UDawn Glow
Silver Dawn F3

Hybrid / Species crosses. Cream, lavender highlights. Strong fragrance. Single bloom form. Early. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Silvia Saunders (1986).

8 favorite votes.

FDecora alba

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Herbaceous species. White, pink shading. Single bloom form.

8 favorite votes.

C,N,O,P#35-94
Doreen

Hybrid lactiflora. Rose-pink, cream center. None to mild fragrance. Large, Japanese (anemone, imperial) bloom form. Mid-to-late. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 32" (up to 80 cm). Henry E. Sass (1935).

8 favorite votes.

F,G,N,O,P,QDouble Fernleaf
P. tenuifolia 'Plena'
P. tenuifolia 'Rubra Plena'
Tenuifolia flore pleno
Tenuifolia Rubra Flore Plena

Fernleaf Hybrid, Hybrid / Species crosses, Species. Red. Small, double bloom form. Early. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 8" to 1' (20 to 30 cm). Unknown breeder (1720).

8 favorite votes.

O,P,QGarden Lace
Seedling 1853

Hybrid / Species crosses. Light pink, yellow center. Moderate fragrance. Single, Japanese (anemone, imperial) bloom form. Midseason. Height of up to 30" (up to 75 cm). Don Hollingsworth (1980).

8 favorite votes.

F,O,P,QHappy Days (hybrid lutea, Saunders, 1948)

Hybrid Lutea, Tree peony. Butter-yellow, pink shading, crimson flares. Medium, single to semi-double bloom form. Late. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Prof. Arthur Percy Saunders (1944).

8 favorite votes.

OHelena (hybrid lactiflora, Guille, 1952)

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Hybrid lactiflora. Walter J. Guille (1952).

8 favorite votes.

F,N,OHigurashi (suffruticosa, Japanese, by 1929)

Hybrid suffruticosa, Tree peony. Red to deep pink, purple shading. None / no fragrance. Large, semi-double bloom form. Early-to-mid. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 4' 11" (150 cm). Unknown Japanese Breeder(s) (1929).

8 favorite votes.

F,OHigure

Japanese, Tree peony. Pink. Double bloom form. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Unknown Japanese Breeder(s).

8 favorite votes.

G,O,P,UHua Hu Die 花蝴蝶
Multi-colored Butterfly (syn. Hua Hu Die)
Xiao Hu Die

Hybrid suffruticosa, Tree peony. Deep pink, purple flares. Mild fragrance. Medium, semi-double, rose bloom form. Midseason. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 5' to 7' (150 to 215 cm). Width of 3' (90 cm). Unknown Chinese Breeder(s) (1969).

8 favorite votes.

N,O,PLemon Chiffon
Reath # 80-4

Hybrid / Species crosses. Lemon-yellow. Semi-double to double bloom form. Midseason. Height of up to 32" (up to 80 cm). David Reath (1980).

8 favorite votes.

F,G,L,N,O,PMay Music
Saunders #16209

Hybrid / Species crosses. Apricot - buff, crimson flares. Single, cupped bloom form. Early-to-mid. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 3' (90 cm). Prof. Arthur Percy Saunders (1949).

8 favorite votes.

N,O,PMesman's Glory
W. Mesman

Hybrid lactiflora. Pink, ages to cream. Moderate fragrance. Large, double bloom form. Late. USDA zone 6b and warmer. Height of up to 39" (up to 100 cm). Kersbergen (1910).

8 favorite votes.

PMonsieur B. Weum
Mons B. Weum

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Hybrid lactiflora. White. Double bloom form. Late. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Robert William Tischler (1968).

8 favorite votes.

G,N,O,P,QMoon of Nippon

Hybrid lactiflora. White, lemon-yellow center. Japanese (anemone, imperial) bloom form. Mid-to-late. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 35" (up to 90 cm). Edward Auten, Jr. (1936).

8 favorite votes.

F,L,PP. daurica ssp. wittmanniana (Hartwiss ex Lindl.) D.Y.Hong
P. wittmanniana Hartwiss ex Lindl. synonym
Wittmannia

Herbaceous species, Species. Yellow to cream. Large, single bloom form. USDA zone 2a and warmer.

8 favorite votes.

Paeonia sinensis rubra plena
Pivoine de la Chine pleine rouge

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Hybrid lactiflora. Red. Double bloom form.

8 favorite votes.

O,PK53-10
Rooster Reveille

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Hybrid lactiflora. White, cherry-red stripes. Cactus-dahlia-style. Moderate fragrance. Semi-double bloom form. Mid-to-late. Height of up to 28" (up to 70 cm). Roy G. Klehm (1996).

8 favorite votes.