origination:
Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies]
EDMOND LEBON. '. (Calot, 1864.) 8.3.
Double type; large; midseason. Dark pink of a luminous tone, becoming silvery at the center with age; not notably fragrant. Dwarf; floriferous; stout stems. Good foliage.
Too light to be red and too dark to be pink, having little or no tint of blue. The center is rounded and somewhat of the globular type. Not popular, seldom seen, and rarely catalogued.
EDMOND LEBON (Calot, 1864) - Double - Pink - Midseason. Dwarf. Fragrance, not notable. Large, dark pink of a luminous tone, becoming silvery at the center with age; floriferous; stout stems. Good foliage. Too light to be red, and too dark to be pink, having little or no blue. The center is rounded and somewhat of the globular type. M.
Rivière (1995):
'Edmond Lebon' /Calot/1864
