'P. lobata 'Sunbeam'' peony References
Book (1998) Page(s) 128. P. lobata 'Sunbeam' 'Improved. The most brilliant colour in hardy flowers; dazzling scarlet'1; 'large handsome flowers of a glowing scarlet colour'2; 'No other hardy flowers I know can excel this in the brilliance of its colour; 2ft.'3 In catalogues 83 and 125, this is stated to be 'a form selected here...' - perhaps better named 'Sunbeam Smith's Variety' refs: Hardy alpine plants no. 83:124 (1912)3; Wholesale catalogue 1912-13: 1041; Hardy alpine and herbaceous plants no 125: 79 (1931)2.
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