Originator/Registrant: | Hollingsworth |
Year of Registration or Introduction: | 1984 |
Cultivar Group (Type): | Intersectional (Itoh) Hybrid |
Season of bloom: | Midseason (week 4) Late Midseason (week 5) Late (week 6) |
Flower Form: | Semi-Double |
Flower Color: | Yellow |
Flower color description: | Golden yellow, with soft red flares emanating from its center. Yellow stamens surround prominent ghost green carpels with pale sheaths and soft pink stigmata. Can have a deeper coloration in some years and with a more orangey aspect upon first opening. |
Flower size: | Large |
Needs support: | No |
Awards: | Gold Medal: 1996 Award of Landscape Merit: 2009 |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
Plant Height: | 24-30 inches |
Plant Spread: | 3 to 4 feet |
Fruit: | Dehiscent |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Flower Time: | Spring |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Uses: | Cut Flower |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division Crowns |
Parentage: | Unknown Paeonia lactiflora x Alice Harding |
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