Renown
The flower colors of ‘Hesperus’ and ‘Renown’ are fairly similar. ‘Renown’ has cream stigmas while those of ‘Hesperus’ are a darker pink. The sheath is also darker in ‘Hesperus’. If you don’t look at these features, you can easily confuse the two plants.
| Cultivar: | Renown |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Seedling No: | not known |
| Group: | Banquet |
| Flower: | Color: | “copper rose” (Reath and Saunders), small dark flares |
| Form: | single, 2-3 rows, 10-12 petals | |
| Blooms: | Week 6 (later than most lutea hybrids) | |
| Carpels: | 5, green | |
| Stigmas: | cream | |
| Sheath: | pink and yellow blend; “mauve-lilac” (Reath and Saunders) | |
| Stamens: | filaments red at base, shading to white | |
| Plant: | Habit: | wide bush |
| Foliage color: | medium green | |
| Foliage form: | slightly more narrow than typical | |
| Height: | 38″ on 8 year plant | |
| Recommendation: | Recommended |
| Availability: | Few nurseries specializing in woody peonies |