Best Cut® Collection

Pink Flowering Doubles

The best double flower form peonies for the cut flower garden.

Fragrant, full double; large flower, opens bright medium pink. Generously furnished with petals.

Best Cut® 'Sarah Bernhardt'

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Awards:
Originator: (Lemoine, 1906)
Group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Very Late
Bloom week: 7
Flower form: Double
Height: Very Tall
Accession number: 1918

USDA Zone: 2 to 8

Fragrant, full double; large, opens bright pink. On mature plants a collar of yellow staminodes.

Best Cut® 'Lavon'

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Awards: Best in Show 2018
Originator: (Hollingsworth, 1993)
Group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Late Midseason
Bloom week: 5 & 6
Flower form: Double
Height: Tall
Accession number: 1859

USDA Zone: 2 to 8

Fragrant, full double; large, opens medium pink to rose. Generously furnished with petals.

Best Cut® 'Alexander Fleming'

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Awards:

Originator: (Blonk, bef. 1950)
Group: Lactiflora
Bloom per.: Late Midseason
Bloom week: 5 & 6
Flower form: Double
Height: Tall
Accession number: 5060

USDA Zone: 2 to 8

Pink Flowering Semi-doubles

The best semi-double peonies for the cut flower garden.

Semi-double, double on mature plants; large flower, opens bright medium pink, slightly frosted edges

Best Cut® 'Cincinnati'

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Awards:
Originator: (Krekler, 1962)
Group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Late Midseason
Bloom week: 5 & 6
Flower form: Double
Height: Tall
Accession number: 3637

USDA zone: 2 to 8

Semi-double; large flower, opens deep rose pink. Broad petals, smaller toward the yellow center.

Best Cut® 'Viking Chief'

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Awards:
Originator: (Krekler, 1978)
Group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Late Midseason
Bloom week: 5
Flower form: Semi-double
Height: Medium
Accession number: 3639

USDA Zone: 2 to 8

Semi-double; large size, opens bright pink. Good substance, flat and pie-shaped.

Best Cut® 'Pink Delight'

Awards:

Originator: (Klehm, 1995)
Cultivar group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Late Midseason
Bloom week: 5
Flower form: Semi-double
Height: Medium
Accession number: 5260

USDA Zone: 2 to 8

Pink Flowering Bombs

The best bomb double peonies for the vase.

Bomb double; large to very large, opens in shades of medium pink, petal tips silvered, good substan

Best Cut® 'Monsieur Jules Elie'

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Awards:
Originator: (Crousse, 1888)
Group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Late Midseason
Bloom week: 5
Flower form: Bomb
Height: Tall
Accession number: 1987

USDA Zone: 2 to 8

Fragrant, bomb double; large flower, opens soft pink. Large center ball rises above saucer.

Best Cut® 'Whopper'

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Awards:
Originator: (Klehm, 1980)
Group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Late Midseason
Bloom week: 5 & 6
Flower form: Bomb
Height: Tall
Accession number: 5127

USDA Zone: 2 to 8

Fragrant, bomb double; large flower, opens fuchsia shades. Large guard petals hold a massive pink ba

Best Cut® 'Pink Derby'

Awards:

Originator: (Bigger, 1966)
Group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Midseason
Bloom week: 4
Flower form: Bomb Double
Height: Tall
Accession number: 1993

USDA Zone: 2 to 8

Pink Flowering Imperials

Imperial peonies with the best cut stems for the vase.

Japanese form, bright red-pink guard petals surround a center of light yellow staminodes.

Best Cut® 'Mary Elizabeth'

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Awards:

Originator: (Hollingsworth, 2004)
Group: Herbaceous Hybrid
Bloom period: Late Midseason
Bloom week: 5 & 6
Flower form: Japanese
Height: Medium
Accession number: 2140

USDA zone: 3 to 7

Japanese; large, medium pink petals surround a center of buff-yellow staminodes, streaked pink.

Best Cut® 'Le Charme'

Awards:
Originator: (Eliason, 1964)
Group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Late
Bloom week: 6
Flower form: Japanese
Height: Very Tall
Accession number: 1414

USDA zone: 2 to 8

Japanese; large, opens magenta rose. Large petals surround a cluster of rose stamenodes edged in gol

Best Cut® 'Hit Parade'

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Awards:
Originator: (Nicholls, 1965)
Cultivar group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Midseason
Bloom week: 4
Flower form: Japanese
Height: Tall
Accession number: 3345

USDA Zone: 2 to 8

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Best Cut® Collection

Pink Flowering Doubles

Best Cut® 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Best Cut® 'Lavon'

Best Cut® 'Alexander Fleming'

Pink Flowering Semi-doubles

Best Cut® 'Cincinnati'

Best Cut® 'Viking Chief'

Best Cut® 'Pink Delight'

Pink Flowering Bombs

Best Cut® 'Monsieur Jules Elie'

Best Cut® 'Whopper'

Best Cut® 'Pink Derby'

Pink Flowering Imperials

Best Cut® 'Mary Elizabeth'

Best Cut® 'Le Charme'

Best Cut® 'Hit Parade'