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Buckeye Belle

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Cultivar
Buckeye Belle
Originator
Mains
Group
Herbaceous Hybrid
Date
1956
Country
USA, OH

Seedling number not given. Parentage: officinalis x albiflora. Medium sized flower, semi-double. Guards dark red, large, inner petals narrower and informally arranged, interspersed with stamens with yellow anthers and red filaments. Carpels enclosed in a cap of petals. Its glisten and polish is unusual in such a dark flower. Very early.

Note: Awarded the American Peony Society’s Gold Medal in 2010.  Recipient of the Award of Landscape Merit for superior landscape qualities – 2009.

Reference: 1956-142:34