Peony Registry

Parentage (SH-11: Daphnis 223 x Chinese Dragon) x Golden Era. First bloomed 1989 as a four-year-old seedling. Hybrid tree peony, with cream overlaid red violet single, with stamens, pollen and seeds. Also fragrant. 1-2 buds per stem, the petals are a pale cream base overlaid violet, darker at edge, dark flares and filaments, red violet sheath cream stigma. Single, 10-14 petals. Blossoms are carried well. Dependable, bloomed the best of any hybrid tree peony with 50% moutan ancestry after the 1996 Winter of-28° F. Clump size is 36″ high x 40″ wide. Fertile both ways. Seedling # SH-97