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Peony |
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Garden Peony |
| Originator/Registrant: | Saunders |
| Year of Registration or Introduction: | 1949 |
| Cultivar Group (Type): | Herbaceous Hybrid |
| Season of bloom: | Very Early (week 1) Early (week 2) |
| Flower Color: | White Pink |
| Flower color description: | Creamy buff. Ivory-white to apricot-yellow with prominently present lavender flares at the base of the flower petals. No sidebuds. |
| Flower size: | Medium |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Plant Height: | 24 to 36 inches (60-90 cm) |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color |
| Fruit: | Dehiscent |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Uses: | Cut Flower |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division Crowns |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| Parentage: | P. lactiflora X ((P. macrophylla x P. mlokosewitschii) x P. officinalis) |
| Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Mar 24, 2018 9:37 AM 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. [ Reply to this comment | |
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| 2020 Herbaceous Peony Bloom by magnolialover | Oct 10, 2020 12:21 PM | 659 |
| Signs of Spring 2020 by Mieko2 | Jul 8, 2020 5:48 PM | 549 |
| Way too many Saunder's hybrids! by frankrichards16 | Jun 1, 2018 9:29 AM | 55 |
| New Growth Colors by LizinElizabeth | May 4, 2018 7:57 AM | 58 |
| Pretty Pictures from the Past by Mieko2 | Mar 19, 2018 5:26 PM | 239 |
| Peonies done in SE Michigan by frankrichards16 | Jun 19, 2017 9:26 AM | 8 |
| Saunders Peonies by kousa | Apr 18, 2017 5:42 PM | 97 |
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