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Ellen Cowley<\/span><\/h1>\n

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The flowers are numerous and held well above the foliage on strong, straight stems.\u00a0 ‘Ellen Cowley’ earned the Award of Landscape Merit from the American Peony Society.\u00a0 A favorite!<\/span><\/p>\n

Named for Ellen McCampbell Cowley, the daughter of Hamilton College President William “Hal” Cowley, who was born two hours before the start of the 1940 college commencement. \u00a0Mrs. Jean Cowley heard afterward that “Hal mixed up a few diplomas<\/em>.” (Ref.\u00a0 The 1940 Annalist letter, Hamilton College Archives.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cultivar:<\/span><\/td>\nEllen Cowley<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year:<\/span><\/td>\n1940<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seedling No:<\/span><\/td>\n10100. Pages 22 & 38 of Saunders’ Notebook I<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parentage:<\/span><\/td>\n7: lactiflora<\/em> ‘Kelway’s Glorious’ X “lobata of Perry”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Flower:<\/span><\/td>\nColor:<\/span><\/td>\ndeep bright cherry, white flares on outer side of petals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nForm:<\/span><\/td>\nsemi-double, 4 rows of petals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBlooms:<\/span><\/td>\nWeek 5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCarpels:<\/span><\/td>\n4, light grey-green, woolly<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStigmas:<\/span><\/td>\ndeep bright cherry (self)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDisc:<\/span><\/td>\nwhite, obscure<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStamens:<\/span><\/td>\nfilaments yellow<\/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>\nnarrow leaves, terminal leaf in leaflet usually lobed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHeight:<\/span><\/td>\n34″ in 2021; 37″ in 2022<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Recommendation:<\/span><\/td>\nHighly recommended<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Availability:<\/span><\/td>\nSeveral specialty nurseries<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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