'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.
Bridal Icing