'Cheddar Gold' Peony

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'Cheddar Gold' peony Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of orsola

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• #922N

HMF Ratings:

8 favorite votes.

Origin:

Bred by Carl G. Klehm (United States, 1959).
Introduced in United States by Charles Klehm and Son Nursery in 1976 as 'Cheddar Gold'.

Class:

Hybrid lactiflora.

Bloom:

White, light yellow center. Moderate fragrance. Japanese (anemone, imperial) bloom form. Midseason.

Habit:

Height: up to 30" (up to 75cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 2a and warmer.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 4,248 on 2 May 1978 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 05/795,311 on 9 May 1977

My new variety of peony plant is a seedling of Charlies White (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,684) .times. Bowl of Cream (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,451)

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

Charlie's White × Alice Harding (hybrid lactiflora, Lemoine, 1922)

Notes:

The exquisite creamy white petals have a central mass of utter yellow stamens that are usually laden with creamy white petaloids. US Patent states Roy G. Klehm as breeder and a different parentage. We follow here the APS Registration.
Selected 1959, registered 1976.