Peony Registry

Parentage: Charlie’s White x Alice Harding (lactiflora)*. Perfectly formed pure white bomb slightly fragrant, outstanding foliage of parents medium height, outstanding cut flower. Selected in 1959 by my father Carl G. Klehm. Seedling # 922J.

*Plant Patent 2451 (Document No. US PP04249 P, 1978-05-02) offers a discrepency in the parentage of this cultivar:

My new variety of peony plant was discovered by me in 1967 among a group of seedlings of Charlies White (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,684) .times. Bowl of Cream (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,451) grown at Arlington Heights, Ill., in the course of breeding efforts carried on with the object of producing improved peony varieties for the commercial market, particularly strong plants having better blossom color and petalage and a pleasing fragrance. This plant was observed to have a much improved flower form over either of its parents and for that reason was selected by me for propagation and test.