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Paeonia lactiflora 'Lora Dexheimer'

 
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Family: Paeoniaceae
Genus: Paeonia (pay-OHN-ee-uh) (Info)
Species: lactiflora (lak-tee-FLOR-uh) (Info)
Cultivar: Lora Dexheimer
Hybridized by Brand; Year of Registration or Introduction: 193

Category:
Perennials

Height:
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)

Spacing:
36-48 in. (90-120 cm)

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 2a: to -45.5 °C (-50 °F)
USDA Zone 2b: to -42.7 °C (-45 °F)
USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F)
USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F)
USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)

Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Sun to Partial Shade
Light Shade

Danger:
Unknown - Tell us

Bloom Color:
Red

Bloom Time:
Late Spring/Early Summer

Foliage:
Herbaceous

Other details:
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
This plant is resistant to deer
Flowers are good for drying and preserving

Soil pH requirements:
Unknown - Tell us

Patent Information:
Unknown - Tell us

Propagation Methods:
By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)

Seed Collecting:
Unknown - Tell us

Profile:

No positives
1 neutral
No negatives

Gardeners' Notes:

RatingAuthorComment
Neutral lmelling On Oct 28, 2004, lmelling from Ithaca, NY
(Zone 5b) wrote:

Lora Dexheimer is one of the peonies I grow in order to dry the blooms for dried arrangements. Fully double crimson red blooms.

I have had less success with this cultivar than any other I grow. It appears highly susceptible to botrytis blight and I have been fighting it each spring for two years (03-04) with funcicide and ended up moving it to a drier location since botrytis can spread due to contact from leaf to leaf, as well as in the soil. Other peonies around the area were not affected. When cut back to the ground and the area sprayed with fungicide, the resulting foliage came back well, however, fungus often reappeared after heavy rains.

This cultivar bloomed lightly the first year after planting and the flowers were very pretty, but if you are in an area that often gets higher than average rainfall in spring, I suggest looking for a cultivar with a better resistance to fungal infections.

Regional...

This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:

Ithaca, New York



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