Peony 'Shirley Temple' 24W21 7yo
Peony 'Shirley Temple' 24W21 7yo Lactiflora F2 (Smirnow before 1948) (3-DB-W) Lactiflora Cultivar Peony, 34in.@ Maturity, WH all, double, pale pink fades to white petals, slightly fragrant, side-buds, midseason bloomer, Hardy to Zone 3-8, Garden F2 (SRC BloomingB) PLTD 2017.
American Peony Society: (ex Holland, before 1953) Double – Blush – Early. This beautiful variety is the result of a crossing between Festiva Maxima and Mme. Edouard Doriat, 20 yrs. ago. This variety flowers a week before the well known early flowering variety, Festiva Maxima. The color is a beautiful light rose which changes into white, exceptionally large in size, 8″ in diameter. An outstanding variety as a cut flower for its firm stems and early flowering period. Smirnow ad, Bulletin 129.
Petals arranged in whorls with occasional red edges on inner petals. Buds often flat with red markings. A cross of 'Festiva Maxima' x 'Mme Edouard Doriat'. Some credit Smirnow for this peony, while others report origin unknown.
Photo by F.D.Richards, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Creative Commons Copyright CC BY-SA 4.0.
Link to additional photos of this plant on my Flickr account from 2017, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24:
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#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #week4, #tall, #sidebuds, #EM, #Perennial, #Peony, #BWS, #BO21, #ShirleyTemple, #LACTIFLORA, #24W21, #7yo
Peony 'Shirley Temple' 24W21 7yo
Peony 'Shirley Temple' 24W21 7yo Lactiflora F2 (Smirnow before 1948) (3-DB-W) Lactiflora Cultivar Peony, 34in.@ Maturity, WH all, double, pale pink fades to white petals, slightly fragrant, side-buds, midseason bloomer, Hardy to Zone 3-8, Garden F2 (SRC BloomingB) PLTD 2017.
American Peony Society: (ex Holland, before 1953) Double – Blush – Early. This beautiful variety is the result of a crossing between Festiva Maxima and Mme. Edouard Doriat, 20 yrs. ago. This variety flowers a week before the well known early flowering variety, Festiva Maxima. The color is a beautiful light rose which changes into white, exceptionally large in size, 8″ in diameter. An outstanding variety as a cut flower for its firm stems and early flowering period. Smirnow ad, Bulletin 129.
Petals arranged in whorls with occasional red edges on inner petals. Buds often flat with red markings. A cross of 'Festiva Maxima' x 'Mme Edouard Doriat'. Some credit Smirnow for this peony, while others report origin unknown.
Photo by F.D.Richards, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Creative Commons Copyright CC BY-SA 4.0.
Link to additional photos of this plant on my Flickr account from 2017, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #week4, #tall, #sidebuds, #EM, #Perennial, #Peony, #BWS, #BO21, #ShirleyTemple, #LACTIFLORA, #24W21, #7yo