Coralie
This peony has coral overtones and is likely the closest to a coral color among Saunders peonies. (Neither Lymon Cousins nor Samuel Wissing used it to produce their many popular coral hybrids.) Silvia Saunders noted “pointed buds” on this peony.
| Cultivar: | Coralie |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Seedling No: | 9183. Page 22 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 7: lactiflora 1302 X “lobata of Perry” |
| Flower: | Color: | coral pink, faint white flares |
| Form: | single, 10-12 petals, somewhat cupped and crinkled | |
| Blooms: | Week 5 | |
| Carpels: | 3-4, pale yellowish-green | |
| Stigmas: | pale pink | |
| Disc: | white | |
| Stamens: | filaments pale yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | upright bush |
| Foliage color: | medium green | |
| Foliage form: | narrow leaves, somewhat notched | |
| Height: | 32″ in 2021 | |
| Recommendation: | Recommended |
| Availability: | Few specialty nurseries |
