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For some reason, my plant\u00a0 is reluctant to bloom even though it is now 8 years old and in a fairly prominent location.\u00a0\u00a0The upper photo was taken in a friend’s Ames garden in 2021 and is similar to those taken by others at Hamilton College (photo on the right).\u00a0 The lower photo was taken at the Scott Arboretum in 2017 and is of a plant obtained directly from the Saunders’ Nursery in 1941 by Wister. A better pedigree cannot be had.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Like me, you are probably thinking these can’t all be the same cultivar.\u00a0 After correspondence and exchanges of photos with several experts, the conclusion is that this cultivar, like several other lutea hybrids, is a chamaeleon, showing variable flower forms and colors in different years and in different locations.<\/span><\/p>\n While there are genuine mixups of peony names as plants are\u00a0 moved, propagated, traded, or sold, I am now wondering if we are too quick to say we have the wrong plant, especially with many of the lutea hybrids.\u00a0 I’ve doubted my ‘Golden Mandarin’, ‘Daredevil’, and the plant ‘Sunrising’ because they don’t match the brief descriptions in Saunders’ catalogues or photos I’ve seen elsewhere or are very similar to cultivars introduced by Reath or Daphnis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Food for thought!<\/span><\/p>\n A.P. Saunders considered this cultivar “perhaps the best ever” and I might agree if mine would only bloom.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”cultivar_description” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_after=”||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “rather broad” (Reath and Saunders), slightly wider than most (my plant)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.saunderspeonies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Damask-Craig-A.png” title_text=”Damask Craig A” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DamaskFor some reason, my plant\u00a0 is reluctant to bloom even though it is now 8 years old and in a fairly prominent location.\u00a0\u00a0The upper photo was taken in a friend’s Ames garden in 2021 and is similar to those taken by others at Hamilton College (photo on the right).\u00a0 The lower photo was taken at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":67,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"yoast_head":"\n\n\n
\n Cultivar:<\/span><\/td>\n Damask<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Year:<\/span><\/td>\n 1941<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Seedling No:<\/span><\/td>\n 270\u00a0 lutea hybrid<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Group:<\/span><\/td>\n Tea Rose<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n
\n Flower:<\/span><\/td>\n Color:<\/span><\/td>\n warm light gold with rosy tints and short dark plum flares<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Form:<\/span><\/td>\n semi-double to double, 4-5 rows of petals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Blooms:<\/span><\/td>\n Week 5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Carpels:<\/span><\/td>\n 6, green<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Stigmas:<\/span><\/td>\n cream to light rose\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Sheath:<\/span><\/td>\n “small, cream” (Reath and Saunders)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Stamens:<\/span><\/td>\n filaments red, shading to yellow, considered abundant by Silvia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Plant:<\/span><\/td>\n Habit:<\/span><\/td>\n low wide plant (mine)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Foliage color:<\/span><\/td>\n medium green<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Foliage form:<\/span><\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n Height:<\/span><\/td>\n 33″ on my 8 year old plant<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n
\n Recommendation:<\/span><\/td>\n Collectors’ plant<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Availability:<\/span><\/td>\n Few nurseries specializing in woody peonies<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n