Golden Vanitie
This was my first Saunders peony, bought mostly for the color (and, at $35, the lowest priced woody peony being offered by Klehm’s in 1995). So it has a special meaning to me. In some years it has suffered significant winter die-back and never achieves a great height.
I also received what appears to be the same plant under the name ‘Apricot’ from another nursery.
| Cultivar: | Golden Vanitie |
| Year: | 1960 |
| Seedling No: | 14286 |
| Group: | Roman Gold |
| Flower: | Color: | light yellow with narrow, faint pink edging |
| Form: | single, 2 rows of petals, fairly flat | |
| Blooms: | Week 5 | |
| Carpels: | about 5, green | |
| Stigmas: | medium pink | |
| Sheath: | red | |
| Stamens: | filaments red from base to yellow just below anthers, no pollen | |
| Plant: | Habit: | low rounded bush, wider than tall |
| Foliage color: | medium green | |
| Foliage form: | “broad” (Reath and Saunders) I would say typical | |
| Height: | 28″ on 26 year old plant | |
| Recommendation: | Recommended |
| Availability: | Several nurseries specializing in woody peonies |