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Paeonia 'Departing Sun'

type: [herbaceous peony] – [species cultivar] – [lactiflora]

Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Check List of Chinese Peonies in Commerce] Japanese Peonies, page 57.

*Departing Sun. (Origin unknown.) 8.5 (Sym. 1925). Crimson. See also list of Single Peonies.

Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Check List of Chinese Peonies in Commerce] Single Peonies, page 64

Departing Sun. (Wilkus.) Red. Also see list of Japanese varieties.

Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies]

DEPARTING SUN. (Origin unknown.) 8.5.

Japanese type; very large; midseason. Dark rose-pink or light crimson, touched with lilac at the tips and edges, lighter at the base of the petals; compact center of crowded petaloids dark rose on one side and lighter on the other, curling and twisting so that both colors commingle; tips yellow; carpels pale greenish yellow-white at the base and pink at the tips; faint fragrance. Height 2>£ to 3 feet; growth strong; free-blooming. Foliage good dark green.

Very distinct and handsome. There is a Single of the same name.

"Probably a Japanese importation renamed. As a Jap it should carry a rating of 9.0."—Fewkes..

DEPARTING SUN (Origin Unknown) - Jap. - Pink Dark - Midseason. Height 2' to 3'. Faint fragrance, Very large. Dark rose-pink or light crimson, touched with lilac at the tops and edges, lighter at the base of the petals; compact center of crowded petaloids dark rose on one side and lighter on the other, curling and twisting so that both colors commingle; tips yellow; carpels pale greenish yellow-white at the base and pink at the tips; growth strong; free-blooming. Foliage good dark green. Very distinct and handsome. M.






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