'Bridal Icing' Peony

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'Bridal Icing' peony Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• #922J

HMF Ratings:

6 favorite votes.

Origin:

Bred by Carl G. Klehm (United States, 1959).
Introduced in United States by Charles Klehm and Son Nursery in 1975 as 'Bridal Icing'.

Class:

Hybrid lactiflora.

Bloom:

White, cream undertones. Mild fragrance. Average diameter 7.5". Large, double, bomb, cupped bloom form. Midseason.

Habit:

5 leaflets.

Height: 28" to 30" (70 to 75cm).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 4,249 on 2 May 1978 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 05/795,312 on 9 May 1977

My new variety of peony plant was discovered by me in 1967 among a group of seedlings of Charlies White (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,684) × Bowl of Cream (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,451) grown at Arlington Heights, Ill.

Parentage:

Charlie's White × Alice Harding (hybrid lactiflora, Lemoine, 1922)

Notes:

Selected 1959, registered 1975. US Patent claims it was discovered by Roy Klehm in 1967. Pollen parent is stated as 'Bowl of Cream'. We follow the earlier APS Registration.