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Here is an alphabetical listing of different O thru Z peonies you will find on this page...
Pecher
Pink Hawaiian Coral
Pink Tuttifrutti
Sarah Bernhardt
Shirley Temple
Summer Carnival
Susan Brown
Top Brass
Pecher
(Calot, J from France, 1867)
32" high x 30" wide
Early to mid season blooming
5" highly fragrant semi-double blooms of a delicate soft pink. The blossoms age to a light alabaster pink and even to white, with occasional red flare in the heart of the flower. Grows very full & lush to about knee high with somewhat larger leaves as the standard lactiflora. The delicous fragrance of Pecher is even used by the French perfume industry.
32" high x 30" wide
Early to mid season blooming
5" highly fragrant semi-double blooms of a delicate soft pink. The blossoms age to a light alabaster pink and even to white, with occasional red flare in the heart of the flower. Grows very full & lush to about knee high with somewhat larger leaves as the standard lactiflora. The delicous fragrance of Pecher is even used by the French perfume industry.
Pink Hawaiian Coral
(Klehm, R '81)
P. lactiflora 'Charlie's White' x P. peregrina 'Otto Froebel'
36" EM
5-6" semi-double fragrant light salmon pink coral colored flowers with cupped guards, notched petal edges, and a center almost full of smaller petals the same color, cream colored carpels and a very few dark yellow stamens. Prominent feathered watermarks on the backside of outermost petals. It opens a redder coral than other corals and as it ages it fades to a softer shade. It has sidebuds and also strong stems so that there is no need for staking.
Note: Pink Hawaiian Coral was named after the color of the coral of the Hawaiian Islands.
Awards: APS Gold Medal in 2000, Award of Landscape Merit 2009.
P. lactiflora 'Charlie's White' x P. peregrina 'Otto Froebel'
36" EM
5-6" semi-double fragrant light salmon pink coral colored flowers with cupped guards, notched petal edges, and a center almost full of smaller petals the same color, cream colored carpels and a very few dark yellow stamens. Prominent feathered watermarks on the backside of outermost petals. It opens a redder coral than other corals and as it ages it fades to a softer shade. It has sidebuds and also strong stems so that there is no need for staking.
Note: Pink Hawaiian Coral was named after the color of the coral of the Hawaiian Islands.
Awards: APS Gold Medal in 2000, Award of Landscape Merit 2009.
Beautiful large flowers!!!
Pink Tuttifrutti
(Klehm, R '99)
Japanese Lactiflora
28" EM
4½" slightly fragrant medium pink semi-double cactus type unusual flower with cream and green blotching and streaking. Plain stigmas. No stamens, pollen or seeds. Good substance, 2-3 buds per stem. Abundant medium green foliage.
This is the first flower on Pink Tuttifrutti. Very different! It sure is sparse with its petals too...hmmmm....wonder if that is how many petals it will always have. Guess we'll see...
Japanese Lactiflora
28" EM
4½" slightly fragrant medium pink semi-double cactus type unusual flower with cream and green blotching and streaking. Plain stigmas. No stamens, pollen or seeds. Good substance, 2-3 buds per stem. Abundant medium green foliage.
This is the first flower on Pink Tuttifrutti. Very different! It sure is sparse with its petals too...hmmmm....wonder if that is how many petals it will always have. Guess we'll see...
Before 7am...notice the closed petals.
Sarah Bernhardt
(Lemoine 1906)
Lactiflora cultivar
3' tall. Late blooming.
Very large 6" dark rose pink double flowers with edges a trifle lighter. Occasionally the central petals will show carmine flecks. Strong stems, good foliage. Slightly fragrant.
A well known variety named for a famous actress and grown in Japan for many years for cut flowers.
Lactiflora cultivar
3' tall. Late blooming.
Very large 6" dark rose pink double flowers with edges a trifle lighter. Occasionally the central petals will show carmine flecks. Strong stems, good foliage. Slightly fragrant.
A well known variety named for a famous actress and grown in Japan for many years for cut flowers.
Shirley Temple
(origin unknown, before 1948)
Festiva Maxima and Mme. Edouard Doriat
26-34" EM
8" lightly fragrant fully double rose-type (petals arranged in whorls) flowers. Buds are flat with red markings. Soft pink color when opening, aging to full clear white with often some red edges on the inner petals. Sidebuds present. Dark green leaflets on sturdy stems. In the top 5 most cultivated peony varieties for the cut flower industry in the Netherlands. No staking. Excellent for a cut flower.
Festiva Maxima and Mme. Edouard Doriat
26-34" EM
8" lightly fragrant fully double rose-type (petals arranged in whorls) flowers. Buds are flat with red markings. Soft pink color when opening, aging to full clear white with often some red edges on the inner petals. Sidebuds present. Dark green leaflets on sturdy stems. In the top 5 most cultivated peony varieties for the cut flower industry in the Netherlands. No staking. Excellent for a cut flower.
Summer Carnival
(Khelm, R '99)
30" M
A Japanese form peony with raspberry-red petal streaking on the cream to white base blossoms. Flaring and fluting of the petals are normal for this very unusual variety of peony.
Love it!!
30" M
A Japanese form peony with raspberry-red petal streaking on the cream to white base blossoms. Flaring and fluting of the petals are normal for this very unusual variety of peony.
Love it!!
Before 7am in the morning...all closed up yet!
Susan Brown
(not registered)
Purchased thru McFayden's in 2003.
Description on package said...Height was 16" and it was a "Fragrant soft double pink blossoms on dark green glossy foliage."
Even though it is not registered...I still like it!
Purchased thru McFayden's in 2003.
Description on package said...Height was 16" and it was a "Fragrant soft double pink blossoms on dark green glossy foliage."
Even though it is not registered...I still like it!
Top Brass
(Klehm, C '86)
28" M
Wide rounded ivory guard petals surround a large double bomb flower of thin canary yellow petals highlighted with light pink petaloids in the center. The pink fades to white, and the mature bloom becomes white and lemon. Light fragrance. 6" flower.
28" M
Wide rounded ivory guard petals surround a large double bomb flower of thin canary yellow petals highlighted with light pink petaloids in the center. The pink fades to white, and the mature bloom becomes white and lemon. Light fragrance. 6" flower.
Top Brass with Kansas behind it.
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