'Firelight' Peony

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'Firelight' peony Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Jill Stevens

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

1 favorite vote.

Origin:

Bred by Prof. Arthur Percy Saunders (United States, 1950).

Class:

Hybrid / Species crosses.

Bloom:

Pink, darker flares. Mild fragrance. Large, single bloom form. Early-to-early mid.

Habit:

Height: 40" (100cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 2a and warmer.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

seed:	[ P. mlokosewitschii Lomakin synonym × P. macrophylla (Albov) Lomakin synonym] × Paeonia officinalis Retz.
pollen:	P. albiflora Pallas synonym

Notes:

Hollingsworth Nursery says the blooms are a cool, light fuchsia pink, centered by red-purple flares, filaments and stigmas.
Firelight