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'Smith Opus 2' peony Description
'Smith Opus 2' peony photo
Photo courtesy of scvirginia
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
1 favorite vote.  
Origin:
Bred by Donald Robert Smith (United States, 1998).
Class:
Intersectional Hybrid / Itoh.  
Bloom:
Buff, lavender shading, dark red flares, ages to white .  9 to 11 petals.  Average diameter 6.5".  Medium, single to semi-double bloom form.  Late midseason.  
Habit:
Upright.  

Height: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).  Width: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5a and warmer.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 22,374  on  20 Dec 2011   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/807,627  on  9 Sep 2010
Inventors: Smith; Donald Robert (W. Newton, MA)
The new Paeonia plant originated from a cross-pollination in 1998 in West Newton, Mass. of Paeonia lactiflora `Martha W.`, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with [(Paeonia lutea.times.Paeonia suffruticosa).times.Paeonia rockii] `D-67`, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent
Parentage:
Notes:
First bloomed 2004, registered 2016.
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