Originator/Registrant: | A.P. Saunders |
Year of Registration or Introduction: | 1953 |
Cultivar Group (Type): | Herbaceous Hybrid |
Season of bloom: | Early (week 2) |
Flower Form: | Semi-Double |
Flower Color: | Pink |
Flower color description: | Intense, warm rose-colored, begin bloom as closed, symmetrical balls that gradually open to a bowl shape. Slowly turn from warm rose to peachy pink to cream to ghost white. |
Flower size: | 6 inches |
Needs support: | No |
Awards: | Gold Medal: 1980 Award of Landscape Merit: 2009 |
Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8a |
Plant Height: | 2 to 3 feet |
Fruit: | Dehiscent |
Flowers: | Showy |
Parentage: | Paeonia lactiflora 1875 x P. lobata |
Child plants: | 6 child plants |
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