Paeonia 'Athena', 2018 photo
"Paeonia 'Athena', 2018 photo, (1-SL-W) quadruple Hybrid Peony, (Saunders, 1955), USDA Hardiness Zone 3, 30"" tall, single, ivory white, raspberry flares, gold stamens, bright green carpels with pink tips, no side-buds, very early bloomer, Michigan Bloom Month 5b-6, In Garden Bed G2 for 13.6 YEARS (Adel). Planted in 2004.
Paeonia 'Athena' (Saunders, 1949) is an extra early blooming quadruple hybrid, a hybrid composed of four different peony species: lactiflora, officinalis, macrophylla and mlokosewitschi. An ivory-white single with raspberry flares. Gold stamens and bright green carpels with rosy pink tips. No sidebuds. Professor A.P. Saunders (1869-1953) is commonly known as the father of inter-species herbaceous hybrid peonies. He introduced around 300 hybrid peonies with the median distribution occurring in 1941.
Paeonia 'Athena', 2018 photo
"Paeonia 'Athena', 2018 photo, (1-SL-W) quadruple Hybrid Peony, (Saunders, 1955), USDA Hardiness Zone 3, 30"" tall, single, ivory white, raspberry flares, gold stamens, bright green carpels with pink tips, no side-buds, very early bloomer, Michigan Bloom Month 5b-6, In Garden Bed G2 for 13.6 YEARS (Adel). Planted in 2004.
Paeonia 'Athena' (Saunders, 1949) is an extra early blooming quadruple hybrid, a hybrid composed of four different peony species: lactiflora, officinalis, macrophylla and mlokosewitschi. An ivory-white single with raspberry flares. Gold stamens and bright green carpels with rosy pink tips. No sidebuds. Professor A.P. Saunders (1869-1953) is commonly known as the father of inter-species herbaceous hybrid peonies. He introduced around 300 hybrid peonies with the median distribution occurring in 1941.