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.

G,O,PArcturus
Arturus

Hybrid lactiflora. Red, yellow center. Large, single bloom form. Very early. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 39" (up to 100 cm). Edward Auten, Jr. (1933).

8 favorite votes.

F,G,N,O,PAuguste Dessert (hybrid lactiflora, Dessert, 1920)

Hybrid lactiflora. Pink. Mild to strong fragrance. Small to medium, semi-double to double bloom form. Mid-to-late. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 2' to 35" (60 to 90 cm). Auguste Dessert (1920).

8 favorite votes.

B. F. Wheeler

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Hybrid lactiflora.

8 favorite votes.

F,G,L,N,O,P#62-6
Blaze

Hybrid / Species crosses. Red. Single bloom form. Early. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 30" to 32" (75 to 80 cm). Orville W. Fay (1962).

8 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

N,O,P,Q,U#922N
Cheddar Gold

Hybrid lactiflora. White, light yellow center. Moderate fragrance. Japanese (anemone, imperial) bloom form. Midseason. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 30" (up to 75 cm). Carl G. Klehm (1959).

8 favorite votes.

OCuriosa

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Hybrid lactiflora. Modeste Guérin (1854).

8 favorite votes.

ODanten-mon
Dantenmon

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Hybrid suffruticosa. Pink. Unknown Japanese Breeder(s) (1932).

8 favorite votes.

FDecora alba

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

8 favorite votes.

F,N,OHigurashi
P. suffruticosa 'Higurashi'

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
P. suffruticosa 'Higure'

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

8 favorite votes.

F,N,O,PIrwin Altman

Hybrid lactiflora. Red. Mild fragrance. Large, double bloom form. Mid-to-late. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 35" (up to 90 cm). Ernest Flint Kelsey (1940).

8 favorite votes.

G,N,O,P,QJohn Harvard

Hybrid / Species crosses. Dark red, golden-yellow center. Single to semi-double bloom form. Midseason. USDA zone 2a and warmer.
Height: up to 3' (up to 90cm). Edward Auten, Jr. (1939).

8 favorite votes.

C,F,G,O,P,QKrinkled White
P. lactiflora 'Krinkled White'

Hybrid lactiflora. White, golden-yellow center. Large, single bloom form. Early-to-mid. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 32" (up to 80 cm). Archie M. Brand (1928).

8 favorite votes.

OMable Merrifield

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Hybrid lactiflora. Julian L. Janus.

8 favorite votes.

NCharles Leveque (Syn. 'Mlle Léonie Calot')
Madame Charles Levèque (Syn. 'Mons. Charles Lêveque')
Mademoiselle Leonie Calot
Monsieur Charles Lêveque (Syn. 'Mlle Léonie Calot')

Hybrid lactiflora. Light pink, darker center. Medium, full, crown bloom form. Late midseason. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Jacques Calot (1861).

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,G,N,O,QEmodi
P. emodi Wall ex. Royle

Herbaceous species, Species. White, yellow center. Mild fragrance. Medium bloom form. Early. USDA zone 6a and warmer. Height of 2' to 3' (60 to 90 cm).

8 favorite votes.

F,NP. sinjiangensis
Sinjiangensis

Herbaceous species, Species. 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.

F,G,N,O,PRenown (hybrid lutea, Saunders, 1949)

Hybrid Lutea, Tree peony. Red, yellow undertones. Single to semi-double bloom form. Late. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 43" (up to 110 cm). Prof. Arthur Percy Saunders (1949).

8 favorite votes.

F,G,L,N,OScarlet O'Hara

Hybrid / Species crosses. Red. Large, single bloom form. Early-to-mid. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 38" (95 cm). Elizabeth Glasscock Falk (1956), Lyman D. Glasscock (1956).

8 favorite votes.