origination:
TEMPEST (Auten, 1931) - Double - Dark Red - Midseason. (Auten's catalog - midseason.) (Bulletin 47 - Late.) Dwarf. Wild's catalog says tall. Brilliant dark red semi-double, stamens hidden. Bulletin 47.
Tempest (Auten 1931) LM. Semi-double to double; informal petal placement, shining deep crimson, a few yellow stamens evident, enhancing the red color. Low-medium bush fits well in the landscape. Flowers readily on young plants.
M.S. Uspenskaja 2003, p. 113:
Tartu Ülikooli Botaanikaaed (THE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TARTU) INDEX PLANTARUM : Paeonia 'Tempest' Auten 1931
