Regent

Finally in 2021, some blooms.  Very unusual color combination, distinct among Saunders peonies, and very attractive; beautiful buds. Silvia remarked that the foliage was handsome, large, and had good substance and that the flowers held up well, even though they are double.

Cultivar: Regent
Year: 1945
Seedling No: 14922
Group: Banquet
Flower: Color: creamy yellow, suffused reddish, dark flares
Form: almost double
Blooms: Week 5
Carpels: green
Stigmas: pink
Sheath: red (Silvia wrote creamy)
Stamens: dark red
Plant: Habit: spreads wider than tall
Foliage color: medium green
Foliage form: average width
Height: 31′ on 4 year plant
Recommendation: Recommended
Availability: Rare