DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS (Calot 1856)
Flowers double, cupped, creamy white, very pleasant, strong sweet fragrance. Very floriferous. Many strong stems, excellent foliage. Old, but still very very popular sort, also good as cut-flower. Its fragrance is so sweeeeet!
PILLOW TALK (Klehm C.G. 1973)
Flowers double, large, no stamens. Cameo pink colour with hint of rose at base, pleasantly fragrant. Excellent as a cut flower. Strong stems and dark green leaves, height 80 cm. Charming!
LORELEI (Hollingsworth 1996)
Flowers of bomb type, opens a striking orange pink, passes to light apricot orange. Sweet, spicy fragrance. Flowers, borne singly on 70 cm stems. Bush stoutly erect. Bright avocado color leaflets, veined yellow green. Excellent peony...
FESTIVA MAXIMA (Miellez 1851)
Flowers large, globular, double, pure white with a spot of red on a few central petals. Flowers with delightful fragrance, very floriferous sort. Stems strong, foliage large, dark green.
FLAME (Glasscock 1939)
Medium to large single flowers are fiery scarlet red with contrasting golden stamens. Strong but fairly short stems come from breeding P. lactiflora x P. peregrina. Plant height 70 cm, recommended for group plantings in sunny gardens. Works well as a cut flower too.
NELLIE SAYLOR (Krekler 1967)
Flower simple - japanese form, magenta or deep burgundy guard petals and a somewhat flattened center of petaloids which are creamy white and drenched with many tints of pink. A couple of magenta petals are always poking through in this center dome, adding much to the excitement of these flowers. Nice dark green leaves and very rigid stems, excellent upright habit. Flowers pleasantly fragrant. A very good peony, striking color combinations, recommended...
FLORENCE NICHOLLS (Nicholls 1938)
Flowers double, blush white, with a scarlet suffusion deepening to center, opened flowers are of rose shape, very wide and narrow petals intermingled. Very fragrant! Strong stems, very vigorous and floriferous.
MISS AMERICA (Mann - van Steen 1936)1955)
Flowers large, semi-double, blush to white with golden stamens and excellent fragrance. Very floriferous, early, no staking. Ideal as a cut - flower. Strong stems, height 80 cm.
SOFT SALMON SAUCER (Cousin/Klehm 1981)
Soft salmon pink single flowers are saucer-shaped. Opening buds hold a true perfect cup-shape for a long time. Pink color shading to a deeper tone at the base of the petals, which surround the golden stamen centre. Perfectly formed, the flowers display a grand elegance and finesse. Flowers mildly fragrant. A lovely peony indeed...
JAN VAN LEEUWEN (van Leeuwen 1928)
Flowers of japanese type, white, large petals surround a small center of deep yellow staminodes. Good bush habit, thick and strong stems make these sort especially good for cutting.
MADAME DE VERNEVILLE (Crousse 1885)
Flowers large, double (Bomb Type), pure white with sharp red highlights scattered over the upper third of the flower when fully opened. Pleasant rose fragrance, excellent for floral bouquets.
RUTH CLAY (Kelsey 1935)
A medium to large (12 cm) velvety red bloom that is a very different shade of a bright chestnut blood red or reddish mahogany, slight fragrance. Strong stems, fine as cut or garden flower. Suitable to natural gardens, good in combination with perennials.
KANSAS (Bigger 1940)
Double, rosy red to deep pink flowers. A very showy flowers, freely blooming sort. Normal grower, thick and very strong stems makes Kansas especially good for cutting.
HILLARY (Anderson 1999)
Semi-double to double, large flowers, dark pink at the opening that fades gradually to a cream color on the upper part of the petals whereas the lower part keeps its red-rose coloration. Flowers fragrant. Compact habit, height 90 cm. A spectacular peony!
MRS. EDWARD HARDING (Shaylor 1918)
Large, white, double, lacy flowers illumined by many golden stamens hidden under the petals and by a bright tuft of them in the center when fully open. Free flowering, strong stems and excellent dark green foliage.
LAURA DESSERT (Dessert 1913)
Cream-white or pale-lemon flowers double when opened, later fading to white, yellow centre. Flowers very fragrant. Dark green foliage, good grower, strong stems, very floriferous.
CHINOOK (Sherwood 1981)
Flowers large (15 cm in diam.), double, light salmon tailored flower with marbled red petals in the center. Fragrant when first open. Strong stems, height 90 cm. Late term of flowering in the season.
AUGUSTIN D'HOUR (Calot 1867)
A medium to large (12 cm) velvety red bloom that is a very different shade of a bright chestnut blood red or reddish mahogany. Strong stems, suitable to natural gardens, good in combination with perennials.
peregrina
Flowers single, deep shining red , cup shaped, stamens yellow. Natural species distributed in south-eastern Europe. Very early flowering (May). Precious species suitable natural gardens and sunny places, especially good in combination with taller perennials.
FESTIVA PIXIE (Klehm 1986)
Flowers large (18 cm), double, tightly petalled bomb usually dappled with red candy striping on creamy white petals. Flowers pleasantly fragrant. Stems strong, foliage large, dark green, plant height 70 cm.
GARDEN TREASURE (Hollingsworth 1984)
Flowers semi-double to nearly full double, yellow petals, reddish in the centre. Flowers well above the foliage, plants form broad low bush. Flowers fragrant, strong stems, height 70 cm. 100% winter-hardy. Recommended...
PIETERTJE VRIEND WAGENAAR (N.J.Friend 1996)
Large double flowers, light pink heavily dotted dark pink. Unique sort with perfectly round finely dotted flowers. Healthy growth, nice foliage, simply a jewel among peonies! Till now very rare new sort, beautiful, recommended!
GREEN LOTUS (Klehm 1995)
Flowers single, white to light lime green base with some white and lime green streaking with touches of light to medium pink toward petal ends. Unusual cactus flowering dahlia type. Good foliage and slight fragrance. Plant height 60 cm.
PINK HAWAIIAN CORAL (Klehm 1981)
Large, semi-double light salmon-pink (coral) witk relatively few dark yellow stamens in center. Fast growing sort with many thick strong stems, very early flowering, good for cutting, fragrant.
