Horizon
The Japanese type flower form reflects that of ‘Fuji-mine’ and is fairly unusual among Saunders peonies.
Mine was originally planted in too much shade and is now getting re-established in its new location. The flowers are very open and held horizontally, no doubt how Saunders chose the name.
| Cultivar: | Horizon |
| Year: | 1943 |
| Seedling No: | 14530. Pages 138 & 141 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 5B: F2 of 3228. 3228 = (lactiflora ‘Fuji-mine’ X officinalis (single crimson)) |
| Flower: | Color: | blush white |
| Form: | single, flat flower with large number of stamens | |
| Blooms: | Week 5 (based on previous years) | |
| Carpels: | 2-3, green, glabrous | |
| Stigmas: | dark pink | |
| Disc: | white, edged red, and prominent | |
| Stamens: | filaments light lemon | |
| Plant: | Habit: | rounded bush |
| Foliage color: | medium green | |
| Foliage form: | narrow, incurved | |
| Height: | 41″ in 2022 | |
| Recommendation: | Collectors’ plant |
| Availability: | Few specialty nurseries |
