Herald
While Silvia Saunders stated this peony “covers itself in bloom”, John Wister reported “not many flowers”. Go figure!
| Cultivar: | Herald |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Seedling No: | 8609. Page 2 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 25: lactiflora X 1565 1565 = (officinalis X macrophylla) |
| Flower: | Color: | brilliant red |
| Form: | single | |
| Blooms: | Week 4 | |
| Carpels: | 2, light green | |
| Stigmas: | medium pink | |
| Disc: | white | |
| Stamens: | filaments pink at base, shading to yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | wide bush |
| Foliage color: | light green | |
| Foliage form: | lobed leaves | |
| Height: | 26″ in 2021 | |
| Recommendation: | Collectors’ plant |
| Availability: | Rare |