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'Lady Alexandra Duff' peony References
Book  (Jan 2000)  Page(s) 77.  
 
Lady Alexandra Duff Herbaceous Peony. Kelway 1902. A blush-pink double...
Website/Catalog  (1948)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Peonies
Strong, 3 to 5 eye divisions
Lady Alexander Duff. Pink...40¢
Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 9.  
 
Peonies
Lady Alex Duff (Mid-season) Very fine blush pink extra. 50¢
Website/Catalog  (1936)  Page(s) 21.  
 
Paeonia sinensis Lady Alex. Duff  ....1 piece RM 1.50
Website/Catalog  (1931)  Page(s) 21.  
 
Double Chinese peonies...Paeonia sinensis Lady Alexander Duff, warm salmon-pink, gigantic singular bloom, 70/90 cm, June, 3,-- Marks [10] 27,-- [100] 240,--
Book  (1928)  Page(s) 62.  
 
A List of Sixty Choice Peonies of the More Expensive Varieties
Pink Varieties
Lady Alexandra Duff (Kelway).  9.1.  One of the largest and most beautiful of all peonies.  An immense, loosely built flower with great broad rounded petals so exquisitely arranged as to make a flower of most ravishing beauty.  In color it is a lovely French White.  This flower looks white but when closely scrutinized it shows the white tinted with the most delicate pink imaginable.  When not disbudded, the central flower is loosely double of a rather flattened, circular form, with the central petals touched with carmine.  It is a beautifully formed flower and sweet scented.  The plants are exceedingly free flowering and very showy.  The side flowers, which open after the central flower, come semi-double saucer shaped and show stamens.  Taken all in all this is positively one of the most beautiful of all peonies, and should we be asked to name the twelve most beautiful peonies Lady Alexandra Duff would be one of the twelve.
Website/Catalog  (1927)  Page(s) 18.  Includes photo(s).
 
Kelway's Lovely Double Herbaceous Pæonies
Lady Alexandra Duff, lovely French white—that is to say, not a snow white, although when fully opened it is quite white; in the young stage tinted with a very fresh, delicate pale shade of what is commonly called "blush", or palest pink. The central flower (the first to open) is a full double flower of rather flattened circular form, and the central petals have a very small touch of carmine. It is a very nicely formed flower, and scented, and the plants are exceedingly free flowering and showy. The side flowers (which are freely produced, and which open after the central flower) come in semi-double saucer-shaped form, exposing the anthers. The back of the flower is flushed with pink near the stem. Tall and robust. One of the grandest varieties we ever raised. First-class certificate, R.B.S. Lady Alexandra Duff is included in the list of pink varieties amongst the commercial varieties recommended by the new Pæony and Iris Organization for the United States (9.1 rating.) 10/6 each. (See illustration.)
Website/Catalog  (1927)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Lady Alexandra Duff (Kelway) 
American Peony Society Rating of 8.1 (49 votes)
Delicate pale pink fading to white.  Very large cup-shaped flower.  Main flowers rose type with wide imbricated petals; blossoms from side buds often semi-double.  Distinct and charming.  Each $3.00
Website/Catalog  (1926)  
 
Lady Alexandra Duff - (Kelway). Outer petals pale rose, gradually shading lighter toward the center to a rosy white, some carmine markings; semi-rose type. Probably the most famous peony in the world, and for years sold at $25.00 a root; it is excellent for landscape and cut flower purposes. The main blooms are double, and the side blooms are usually single or semi-double, and somewhat resemble delicate pink water lilies. Three year old clump - $6.00
Magazine  (12 Dec 1925)  Page(s) 700.  
 
Success With Garden Peonies
[...]The efforts of the leading nursery firms, particularly that of Messrs. Kelway and Son of Langport, Somerset, have produced some new sorts of great beauty.
The following selection will be found to include some of the finest varieties in commerce:
Double Varieties.
Lady Alexandra Duff, lovely French white—that is to say, not a snow white, although when fully open it is quite white—in the young stage tinted with a very fresh delicate pale shade of what is commonly called blush or palest pink. Tall and robust. Very scarce. One of the grandest varieties ever raised. First-class certificate, R.B.S.
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