Orion
‘Orion’ may become my favorite gold flowered Saunders peony! The flower color is set off by the red tinged foliage. The heavy flowers do tend to hang down more than I’d like.
| Cultivar: | Orion |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Seedling No: | 16419 |
| Group: | Golden Hind |
| Flower: | Color: | warm gold, dark plum flares |
| Form: | semi-double, full | |
| Blooms: | Week 6 | |
| Carpels: | 6, green | |
| Stigmas: | light warm pink | |
| Sheath: | light lilac pink | |
| Stamens: | filaments red at base, shading to yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | rounded bush |
| Foliage color: | medium green, edges tinged red | |
| Foliage form: | slightly more narrow than some | |
| Height: | 34″ on 5 year plant | |
| Recommendation: | Highly recommended |
| Availability: | Rare – mine is from a European nursery |
