Peony

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Perennial

Source of plant

Henry Landis

Description

Flowers double, red, with a single row of guard petals and a center of laciniate petals entirely surrounding the base which converge into full, uniform petals throughout the balance of the bloom, producing the general efect of a full rose-type bloom. Flowers fragrant, borne on 42" tall stems; color sun-resistant. (Bockstoce, 1942); see APS Bulletin no. 87.

Special characteristics

fragrance