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‘Earlybird’ is one of the first Saunders peonies to bloom and is such a welcome and cheery sight each spring.\u00a0 Mine is planted next to ‘Nosegay’ whose bloom season overlaps with it. The foliage is echoed in the Thuja occidentalis<\/em> ‘Enlighted’ planted behind it (which will no doubt outgrow its given space).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cultivar:<\/span><\/td>\nEarlybird<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year:<\/span><\/td>\n1951 (Wister incorrectly listed 1939, as does my book)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seedling No:<\/span><\/td>\n8807. Page 143 of Saunders’ notebook III<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parentage:<\/span><\/td>\n23:\u00a0tenuifolia <\/em>X anomala woodwardi<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Flower:<\/span><\/td>\nColor:<\/span><\/td>\nred (“fine unfading red” – A.P. Saunders)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nForm:<\/span><\/td>\nsingle, 1 row of petals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBlooms:<\/span><\/td>\nWeek 2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCarpels:<\/span><\/td>\n3, red, woolly<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStigmas:<\/span><\/td>\nred<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDisc:<\/span><\/td>\nwhite, inconspicuous<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStamens:<\/span><\/td>\nfilaments pink, abundant stamens<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plant:<\/span><\/td>\nHabit:<\/span><\/td>\nrounded bush<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFoliage color:<\/span><\/td>\nmedium green<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFoliage form:<\/span><\/td>\nvery finely divided, intermediate between parents<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHeight:<\/span><\/td>\n34″ in 2021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Recommendation:<\/span><\/td>\nHighly recommended<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Availability:<\/span><\/td>\nMany specialty nurseries<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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