Roselette’s Child
Sometimes the children are just an improvement on their parents! To me, that is the case for ‘Roselette’ and ‘Roselette’s Child’. Why? The flowers are an unusual shade of light peach and are held on strong stems well above the good-looking foliage. Definitely worth seeking out this peony!
| Cultivar: | Roselette’s Child |
| Year: | 1976 |
| Seedling No: | none |
| Parentage: | 26B: ‘Roselette’ selfed. ‘Roselette’ = lactiflora X ‘Gwenda’ ((‘Gwenda’ = (tenuifolia X mlokosewitschii)) |
| Flower: | Color: | very light peach |
| Form: | single, two rows (about 10 petals) | |
| Blooms: | Week 3 or 4 | |
| Carpels: | 2-3, light green, woolly | |
| Stigmas: | dark red | |
| Disc: | pink | |
| Stamens: | filaments light yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | spreading bush |
| Foliage color: | medium dark green | |
| Foliage form: | fairly narrow leaves, entire, luxuriant foliage, somewhat crinkly in 2022 | |
| Height: | 33″ in 2021 | |
| Recommendation: | Highly recommended |
| Availability: | Several specialty nurseries |
