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Learn how to grow and care for this award-winning peony variety with deep rose-pink double flowers and a long vase life. Find out its hardiness, exposure, soil, and companion plant preferences, as well as its pest and disease resistance.
Learn about Paeonia Dr Alexander Fleming, a cross between Sarah Bernhardt and Bunker Hill with darker pink flowers. Discover its origin, characteristics, fragrance and how to buy it from My Peony Society.
Christened for the man who discovered penicillin, ‘Doctor Alexander Fleming’ is a Peony worthy of its namesake. The fully double flowers are beloved for their intense fragrance and beautiful dark rose-pink petals that lighten toward the edges. The curling of the inner petals gives blooms a somewhat rounded silhouette.
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Paeonia 'Dr. Alexander Fleming' | Walters Gardens, Inc. Common Name: Garden Peony. Fragrant, fully double, pink blossoms abound in early summer. The central petals have a tendency to curl inward, giving the flowers a sphere-like shape. Many side buds are produced, extending the bloom time.
Opens in a new window. Peony 'Dr. Alexander Fleming' is a fully-double, late-flowering peony of very bright-pink color. 'Dr. Alexander Flemming' is known for its big flowers, solid stems and dark-green foliage and for high productivity. This makes 'Dr. Alexander Fleming' very suitable as a cut-flower peony, garden planting, as well as for gr.
Dr. Alexander Fleming Peony. A large, deep rose to salmon-pink double known for its ambrosial scent, strong stems and many side buds that foster a long bloom season. Produces large, 6" blooms. One of the prime varieties of the Dutch cut-flower industry—and for a good reason. Light. Full Sun, Partial Shade. Size. 2-3 eye divisions. Zone. 3-8.
Cultivar. Alexander Fleming. Originator. Holland origin. Group. Lactiflora. Date. Country. Netherlands. Double – Pink. Sweetly scented. This variety is the result of a cross between Bunker Hill and Sarah Bernhardt. Strong stalks, large solferino-rose flowers. Reference: 1976-K:003. Join the American Peony Society Today! Captivated by Peonies?
