'Love Birds' Peony

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'Love Birds' peony Description

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Photo courtesy of Debbie's Gardens

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Lovebirds

HMF Ratings:

13 favorite votes.

Origin:

Bred by Prof. Arthur Percy Saunders (United States, before 1953).
Introduced in United States by A&D Nursery in 1994 as 'Love Birds'.

Class:

Hybrid / Species crosses.

Bloom:

Light pink, ages to white . Mild fragrance. Average diameter 6". Medium, single, cupped bloom form. Early.

Habit:

Height: up to 30" (up to 75cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 2a and warmer.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

Unknown

Notes:

Registered 1994.
A&D Nursery say this peony is a voluptuous wide, cupped white single with love birds nested in a mass of golden stamens -- that is, two rose tipped carpels intertwined at the tips.
Lovebirds
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