{"id":2227,"date":"2020-11-19T23:43:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T23:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saunderspeonies.com\/?page_id=2227"},"modified":"2023-01-13T19:56:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T19:56:39","slug":"black-pirate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saunderspeonies.com\/?page_id=2227","title":{"rendered":"Black Pirate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||11px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text content_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; content_phone=&#8221;&#8221; content_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; content__hover_enabled=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Black Pirate<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||127px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.saunderspeonies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Black-Pirate-copy.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Black Pirate copy&#8221; show_bottom_space=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; z_index=&#8221;31&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_divider show_divider=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.saunderspeonies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/059-Black-Pirate.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;059-Black Pirate&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Black Pirate&#8217; won the Vote of Commendation from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society when it was first shown. \u00a0It is difficult to distinguish differences between &#8216;Black Pirate&#8217; and &#8216;Thunderbolt&#8217;. Silvia Saunders found the color the same as &#8216;Vesuvian&#8217; and &#8216;Thunderbolt&#8217;. Reath and Silvia Saunders reported its foliage is broader than that of &#8216;Thunderbolt&#8217;, but I cannot confirm this on the plants I grow under those names. Although it is a very dark flower, the mass of bright anthers gives it a cheery appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Grace Root reported that her plant produced sidebuds; Silvia that it was a fine grower.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;cultivar_description&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_css_after=&#8221;||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<table id=\"cul\" style=\"width: 500.016px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"cul\" style=\"width: 98px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cultivar:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"cul\" style=\"width: 385.016px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Black Pirate<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"cul\" style=\"width: 98px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Year:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"cul\" style=\"width: 385.016px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1948<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"cul\" style=\"width: 98px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Seedling No:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"cul\" style=\"width: 385.016px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8021 <em>delavayi<\/em> X cherry red tree peony<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"cul\" style=\"width: 98px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Group:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"cul\" style=\"width: 385.016px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Black Pirate<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 500.543px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Flower:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Color:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">dark red with wide, almost black flares<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Form:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">single, two rows of petals, (3-4 rows -Reath and Saunders), occasional petaloids<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blooms:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Week 4-5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Carpels:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5 or more, green<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stigmas:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">bright pink<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sheath:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">purple<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stamens:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">filaments dark red<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Plant:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Habit:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">rounded bush<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Foliage color:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\">medium green, maybe touched red<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Foliage form:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">narrower than most<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 54px;\"><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 96px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Height:<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"flo\" style=\"width: 329.543px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">short, 22&#8243; 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