Paeonia 'Athena' 23W19 xPeony G2-
Paeonia 'Athena' 23W19 xPeony G2- (Saunders, 1955) (1-SL-WH) quadruple hybrid xPeony Peony, Mature plant size: 36in, WHITE, medium height, single, ivory white, raspberry flares, gold stamens, bright green carpels with pink tips, no side-buds, very early bloomer, USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW19, In Garden Bed G2 for 18.6 YEARS (Adelman). 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. Peonies are blooming a couple of weeks later this year, 2019. Measured 36" and had late frost damage to buds in 2020.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2009, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23:
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Paeonia 'Athena' 23W19 xPeony G2-
Paeonia 'Athena' 23W19 xPeony G2- (Saunders, 1955) (1-SL-WH) quadruple hybrid xPeony Peony, Mature plant size: 36in, WHITE, medium height, single, ivory white, raspberry flares, gold stamens, bright green carpels with pink tips, no side-buds, very early bloomer, USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW19, In Garden Bed G2 for 18.6 YEARS (Adelman). 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. Peonies are blooming a couple of weeks later this year, 2019. Measured 36" and had late frost damage to buds in 2020.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2009, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23:
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#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #week1, #Single, #Perennial, #nosidebuds, #VeryEarly, #2020Top20, #Peony, #white, #Athena, #23W19