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'Paeonia sinensis alba plena' peony Description
'Whitleyii plena' peony photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
7 favorite votes.  
Origin:
Bred by Unknown Chinese Breeder(s) (China, before 1808).
Discovered by Dr. John Livingstone (United Kingdom, 1808).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Reginard Whitley in 1808 as 'Paeonia albiflora Whitleji'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by Kelways Nursery in before 1856 as 'Queen Victoria'.
Class:
Hybrid lactiflora.  
Bloom:
White, light pink highlights, light yellow center, carmine-red flecks..  Outer petals shaded pink, inner petals sulphur-yellow.  Mild fragrance.  Large, double, bomb bloom form.  Early.  
Habit:
Medium.  

Height: up to 3' (up to 90cm).  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Parentage:
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Notes:
According to the References, it was the double form of 'Whitleyii' which was introduced from China.
'Whitleyi' might have been reissued as 'Queen Victoria' - see References.
 
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