Carina
This is one of my favorite red peonies! The plant form is excellent and the flowers are held well above the foliage on straight stems. The flowers literally glow and the notching on some of the petals is quite unique.
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| Cultivar: | Carina |
| Year: | 1944 |
| Seedling No: | 10110, Pages 22 & 23 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 7: lactiflora ‘Kelway’s Glorious’ X peregrina “lobata of Perry” |
| Flower: | Color: | scarlet red (Wister says “a bit of orange”) |
| Form: | semi-double, 3-4 rows of petals, some attractively notched | |
| Blooms: | Week 4 or 5 | |
| Carpels: | 3-6, green | |
| Stigmas: | rose pink | |
| Disc: | bright pink, edged pink (Silvia Saunders); mine white | |
| Stamens: | filaments are yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | upright |
| Foliage color: | medium green, shining | |
| Foliage form: | pointed leaves, lobed | |
| Height: | 37″ in 2021 (corrected from 50″) | |
| Recommendation: | Highly recommended |
| Availability: | Several specialty nurseries |
