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Paeonia 'Center Stage'

type: [tree peony] – [suffruticosa group] – [rockii-hybrid]

CENTER STAGE (David L. Reath, Vulcan, Michigan), April 16, 2000. Parentage, lutea hybrid tree peony. First bloomed 1976. Single, white with red/purple flares. Stamens, no pollen or seeds. Pleasant fragrance, excellent substance, very good bloom. Height 44" - blooms in late mid-season, vigorous, stem strength, tree peony with well displayed blooms. Foliage more finely cut than the average lutea hybrid tree peony. This variety very resistant to botrytis, dark green leaves until frost. Blooms open creamy white and quickly change to pure white. Flowers have a very eye-catching symmetrical center.

Reath:

Center Stage. Reath. 2000. F1 lutea hybrid. Flowers are cream fading quickly to white with long narrow dark maroon flares. Fully rounded single flowers are quite different looking than most other lutea hybrids. Pleasant fragrance, excellent substance, very good bloom. Flowers have a very eye-catching symmetrical center. Floriferous and flower carriage is outward. Foliage more finely cut than the average lutea hybrid tree peony. This variety very resistant to botrytis, dark green leaves until frost. A fast grower that produces many ground stems and plants are more spreading than tall (44" tall x 4.5 wide). Easy to grow and very nice. Blooms in the later part of the lutea hybrid flowering season. No fertility noted. Parentage unknown.






Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database

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