Favorite / Recommended Peonies

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Hybrid lactiflora. White. Single bloom form. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Edward Auten, Jr. (1933).

9 favorite votes.

Aurea
Fan Tan
Oriental Gold (herb. hybrid, Unknown/Smirnow)
Yokihi (syn. 'Fan Tan')

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Hybrid / Species crosses. Apricot or yellow, yellow shading, pink edges. Semi-double bloom form. Height of up to 28" (up to 70 cm). Unknown Japanese Breeder(s) (1954).

9 favorite votes.

OBaltonsburgh

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Hybrid lactiflora. Kelway (and Son).

9 favorite votes.

O,PBurgundy Wine
K87-01

Hybrid suffruticosa. Dark red. Semi-double bloom form. Midseason. Height of up to 3' (up to 90 cm). Toichi Domoto (1987).

9 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

F,G,N,O,P,Q,TClaire de Lune

Hybrid / Species crosses. Light yellow, yellow center, ages to white . Medium, single bloom form. Very early. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 28" to 32" (70 to 80 cm). Width of 4' (120 cm). Dr. Earl B.N. White (1954).

9 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

F,G,L,N,OCompanion of Serenity
P. suffruticosa 'Companion of Serenity'

Hybrid suffruticosa, Tree peony. Seashell-pink, red flares. Single, ruffled bloom form. Early. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 4' (120 cm). William H. Gratwick III (1959).

9 favorite votes.

C,F,G,O,P,QCora Stubbs
P. lactiflora 'Cora Stubbs'

Hybrid lactiflora. Pink, cream center. Japanese (anemone, imperial) bloom form. Mid. USDA zone 2b through 9b. Height of up to 32" (up to 80 cm). William Henry Krekler (1985).

9 favorite votes.

C,F,G,L,N,O,PCoral Sunset

Hybrid / Species crosses. Coral-red. Moderate fragrance. Large, semi-double, flat, ruffled bloom form. Early. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 32" to 47" (80 to 120 cm). Samuel E. Wissing (1970).

9 favorite votes.

G,O,P,QJoker

Hybrid / Species crosses. Deep pink, pink edges, ages to white . None / no fragrance. Double bloom form. Early-to-mid. Height of up to 32" (up to 80 cm). William S. Bockstoce (1964).

9 favorite votes.

G,N,O,PB-1
Karen Gray

Hybrid lactiflora. Dark red, dark red center. Wine-red. Cream-tipped wine-red petaloids. Medium to large, Japanese (anemone, imperial) bloom form. Early. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of 34" (85 cm). William Henry Krekler (1965).

9 favorite votes.

O,P,QCatharina Fontijn
Katryn Fonteyn
P. lactiflora 'Catharina Fontijn'

Hybrid lactiflora. Light pink, yellow center, ages to white . Very large, double bloom form. Midseason. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 39" (up to 100 cm). Van der Valk (1952).

9 favorite votes.

NKonigin Wilhelmina
Koningin Wilhelmina
P. lactiflora 'Konigin Wilhelmina'
Queen Wilhelmina
Reine Wilhelmine

Hybrid lactiflora. Rose-pink, carmine-red center. Double bloom form. E. H. Krelage & Zoon (1912).

9 favorite votes.

F,G,N,O,P,QLaura Magnuson

Hybrid / Species crosses. Rose-pink. Moderate fragrance. Semi-double, cupped bloom form. Late. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Prof. Arthur Percy Saunders (1934).

9 favorite votes.

G,N,O,P,Q#31352
Lydia Foote

Hybrid rockii, Tree peony. White, red flares. Large, semi-double to double bloom form. Midseason. Height of up to 5' (up to 150 cm). Sir Peter Smithers (1978).

9 favorite votes.

O,PMargaret Truman

Hybrid lactiflora. Pink. Moderate fragrance. Double bloom form. Midseason. Height of 32" to 39" (80 to 100 cm). Van der Valk (1953).

9 favorite votes.

F,G,N,O,P,QOfficinalis
P. faemina Synonym
P. officinalis 'Monte Baldo'
P. fulgens Bailly Synonym
P. fulgida Sabine Synonym
P. officinalis foemina
P. sessiliflora Sims synonym
Paeonia officinalis Retz.

Herbaceous species, Species. Red. Single bloom form. Mid. USDA zone 8b through 10b. Height of 2' (60 cm). Width of 2' (60 cm). Unknown breeder (1797).

9 favorite votes.

F,G,O,P,Q,TP. lactiflora 'The Fawn'
The Fawn

Hybrid lactiflora. Light pink, rose-pink mottling. Double bloom form. Midseason. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 35" (up to 90 cm). B.B. Wright.

9 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

F,G,O,P,QLudlowii
P. ludlowii (Stern and Taylor) D.Y. Hong
P. lutea var. ludlowii F.C. Stern and Taylor Synonym

Species, Tree peony. Yellow. Medium, single bloom form. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Height of 8' to 10' (245 to 305 cm). Width of 10' to 13' (305 to 395 cm). Frank Ludlow (1936), Major George Sherriff (1936).

9 favorite votes.

F,G,O,QOstii
P. ostii T. Hong & J. X. Zhang

Species, Tree peony. White, light pink shading. Medium to large, single bloom form. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 5' (up to 150 cm).

9 favorite votes.

G,N,OMiss Brice (Syn. 'Philomèle')
P. japonica 'Philomele'
Philomèle

Hybrid lactiflora. Pink, lilac shading. Bright yellow collar, deep pink bonnet edged red. Moderate fragrance. Small to medium, double, crown, Japanese (anemone, imperial) bloom form. Early-to-mid. USDA zone 2a and warmer. Height of up to 30" (up to 75 cm). Jacques Calot (1861).

9 favorite votes.

L,N,PDawn Pink
Pink Dawn (syn. 'Dawn Pink')
Seedling 1-34

Hybrid lactiflora. Rose-pink. Moderate fragrance. Large, single bloom form. Mid-to-late. Height of up to 34" (up to 85 cm). Hans Peter Sass (1946).

9 favorite votes.

C,L,OReath A197

Hybrid Lutea, Tree peony. USDA zone 2a and warmer. David Reath (1983).

9 favorite votes.

N,O,P#63-02
Salmon Chiffon

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Hybrid / Species crosses. Salmon-pink. Moderate fragrance. Single bloom form. Early. Height of up to 30" (up to 75 cm). Nathan Rudolph (1963).

9 favorite votes.

N,O,PTecumseh (hybrid, White, 1954)

Hybrid / Species crosses. Red, yellow center. Single bloom form. Early. Height of up to 3' (up to 90 cm). Dr. Earl B.N. White (1954).

9 favorite votes.