07635
Paeonia 'Departing Sun'
type: [herbaceous peony] [species cultivar] [lactiflora]
Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Check List of Chinese Peonies in Commerce] Japanese Peonies, page 57. *Departing Sun. (Origin unknown.) 8.5 (Sym. 1925). Crimson. See also list of Single Peonies. |
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Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Check List of Chinese Peonies in Commerce] Single Peonies, page 64 Departing Sun. (Wilkus.) Red. Also see list of Japanese varieties. |
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Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies] DEPARTING SUN. (Origin unknown.) 8.5. Japanese type; very large; midseason. Dark rose-pink or light crimson, touched with lilac at the tips and edges, lighter at the base of the petals; compact center of crowded petaloids dark rose on one side and lighter on the other, curling and twisting so that both colors commingle; tips yellow; carpels pale greenish yellow-white at the base and pink at the tips; faint fragrance. Height 2>£ to 3 feet; growth strong; free-blooming. Foliage good dark green. Very distinct and handsome. There is a Single of the same name. "Probably a Japanese importation renamed. As a Jap it should carry a rating of 9.0."Fewkes.. |
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DEPARTING SUN (Origin Unknown) - Jap. - Pink Dark - Midseason. Height 2' to 3'. Faint fragrance, Very large. Dark rose-pink or light crimson, touched with lilac at the tops and edges, lighter at the base of the petals; compact center of crowded petaloids dark rose on one side and lighter on the other, curling and twisting so that both colors commingle; tips yellow; carpels pale greenish yellow-white at the base and pink at the tips; growth strong; free-blooming. Foliage good dark green. Very distinct and handsome. M. |
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Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database |
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