Peony Registry

Seedling number, received from Roy as “Unbloomed Ito which I labeled RPWS-21.” Itoh hybrid, single. Parentage Lactiflora x Yellow shrub hybrid. First year bloomed 1980-1981. Light yellow with ten wide overlapping flat petals in two rows. Dull red flares are covered by yellow stamen ring. 5-6 in flowers, strong stems, 30″ but barely off the ground for outside stems. Blooms with early lactiflora season. Light grey-green carpels are tipped by cream-yellow stigmas and 2/3 enclosed by sheath of same color. Seedling # RPWS-21