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Paeonia 'Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza'

type: [tree peony] – [suffruticosa group] – [rockii-hybrid] – [European Rockii]

BARON THYSSEN BORNEMISZA (Sir Peter Smithers, Switzerland), Sept. 11, 1992. Seedling #30353, tree peony, mauve, semi-double. Parentage, P. suffruticosa Rock's Variety (U.K. form), pollinated by Kamada Fuji, first year bloomed 1987. A very large mauve semi-double with flares, 10" in diameter. Blooms late April, vigorous, floriferous, stamens, pollen and seeds, good stem strength. Propagated by Michel Riviere Nursery, France. Bulletin #285.

Osti (1997)

Osti (1999)

BARONE THYSSEN BORNEMISZA. Ottenuto da quel grande connaisseur di piante e in particolare di peonie che è Sir Peter Smithers, dieci anni fa, nel suo giardino di Vico Morcote. È un ibrido di Paeonia rockii. Fiore molto grande, semidoppio, rosa malva con macchie nero - porpora all'unghia. Bei portamento vigoroso.

BARONE THYSSEN BORNEMISZA Raised some years ago by that great connoisseur of plants, and particularly of peonies. Sir Peter Smithers, at his garden in Vico Morcote. A Paeonia rockii hybrid. Flowers: mauvish pink, purplish black blotches at the base of the petals; semi-double, very large. Habit: beautiful, vigorous.

Sir Peter Smithers

in „The Adventures of a Gardener“:

Rivière 2000:

BARON THYSSEN BORNMISZA

(Sir Peter SMITHERS, 1992). Tres belle variete obtenue par semis de ROCKII, dont elle garde des cara uteri stiques ty-piques La farneuse macule sombre a la base des petales, un feuillage assez petit et une grande floribondite Fleur semi-double, rose temte de mauve a la lurni-nosite degradee allant du tres clair sur une large bordure des petales, au plus sombre a la base. Ses larges petales ort-dules et finement decoupes en bordure en font une fleur tres elegante. Feuillage abondant vert legerement voile de pourpre. Plante semi erigee et tres vigoureuse. Mi-saison.



The plant in the Rivière nursery 2002 (flower is already over, but the leaf coloration is visible




Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database

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