'Bess Bockstoce' peony References
Book (Jan 2000) Page(s) 19. Page 19: [Bockstoce's] most unusual cultivar is 'Bess Bockstoce', known as 'Rose Heart' in Canada, an unusual, fragrant double whose flower opens as a solid rose and changes to a pink center surrounded by a broad band of white. Upon his death, his stock plants and seedlings went to Henry Landis, a Canadian collector who distributed them on a very limited basis. Page 163: Bess Bockstoce Herbaceous Peony. Bockstoce 1955. Called 'Rose Heart' in Canada. A double rose hybrid
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