Red Charm peony (Paeonia ‘Red Charm’) grows up to 2.5 feet high and is covered with  deep-red, ruffled, double flowers from the end of May through the first part of June. Like other herbaceous peonies, it prefers a sunny position and constant moisture during the growing season but is otherwise free of pests and diseases. The plants produce additional "eyes," or growing points, turning a single flower display into a large bouquet over time. Lyman Glasscock, a Chicago bricklayer, hybridized this cultivar near the end of World War II (1944), and the peony went on to win an award from the American Peony Society in 1956. 'Red Charm' is still described as one of the best of the deep-red flowered peonies.