'May Lilac' Peony

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'May Lilac' peony Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of sswitenki

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

2 favorite votes.

Origin:

Bred by Prof. Arthur Percy Saunders (United States, 1950).
Introduced in United States by Charles Klehm and Son Nursery in 1987 as 'May Lilac'.

Class:

Hybrid / Species crosses.

Bloom:

Lilac. Medium, single, cupped bloom form. Early-to-mid.

Habit:

Height: up to 32" (up to 80cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 2a and warmer.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

seed:	Paeonia albiflora Pallas, syn. × P. macrophylla (Albov) Lomakin synonym
pollen:	Self

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