The American Peony Society

The History of the Peonies and their Originations p. 51



LADY LEY

LADY LILLIAN OGLE

LADY LUCK

LADY MARY DASHWOOD

LADY MAYORESS

LADY OF GRACE

LADY OF LANGPORT

LADY OF THE LAKE

LADY OF THE SNOWS

LADY OF THE WEST

LADY ORCHID

LADY POCOCK

LADY RENNY WATSON

LADY ROLFE

LADY ROMILLY

LADY SOMERSET

LADY STRADBROKE

LADY WOLSELEY

LAFAYETTE

LA FEE

LA FIANCEE

LA FONTAINE

LA FRAICHEUR

LA FRANCE

LA GRANGE

LA HOLLANDE

LAIUS

LA JOLLA

LAKE O'SILVER

LALLA ROOHK

LALLA RALPH

LA LORRAINE

LAMARTINE

LANCASTER

LANGLEY



LADY LEY (Kelway) - Single - Pink - M.

LADY LILLIAN OGLE (Kelway) - Single - White - M.

LADY LUCK (Franklin, 1940) - Double - Lavender. Fragrant. Immense. List in Bulletin 91.

LADY MARY DASHWOOD (Kelway) - Single - White - M.

LADY MAYORESS (Kelway, 1909) - Double - White to rose. M.

LADY OF GRACE (Kelway) - Single - White, splashed crimson. M.

LADY OF LANGPORT (Kelway) - Double - Pink - M.

LADY OF THE LAKE (Lewis, 1923) - Double - Blush - M.

LADY OF THE SNOWS (Brethour, 1938) - rouble - White. From Canada comes this new one with tall white guards and yellow collar. A grand peony. Stems and foliage excellent. List in Bulletin 91.

LADY OF THE WEST (Kelway, 1912) - Double - Rose and White. Intermingling soft rose and creamy white. Center lighter than margin. M. Bulletin 38.

LADY ORCHID (Bigger, 1942) - Double - Lavender Pink - Late Midseason. Full double flower of a pretty shade of near lavender pink. The plant and foliage is very strong and clean and blooms freely every year. Bulletin 87.

LADY POCOCK (Kelway) - Double - White - M.

LADY RENNY WATSON (Kelway) - Single - Blush-Rose - M.

LADY RENNY WATSON - Jap. - Red. Baker's 1955 catalog.

LADY ROLFE (Roife) - Pink. Bulletin 73, page 24.

LADY ROMILLY (Kelway) - Double - Flesh - M.

LADY SOMERSET (Barr) - Double - Pink - M.

LADY STRADBROKE (Kelway) - Double - Rose - M.

LADY WOLSELEY (Kelway) - Single - Rose - M.

LAFAYETTE (Dessert, 1904) - Double - Pink. Lovely salmon pink with touches of heliotrope and a delicate shade of cerise in the reflex giving it a beautiful and striking effect. Large flowers with beautifully ftinged petals. Rose type. M. Wassenberg Catalog, 1954.

LA FEE (Lemoine, 1906) - Double - Pink - Early Midseason. Tall. Strong rose-like fragrance. Very large. Light old-rose pink, with a narrow collar of creamy pink of delicate transparent texture; strong rose-like fragrance. Free-flowering; wiry stems. Excellent foliage. A compact globular flower at first, with incurved overlapping petals like Le Cygne, developing a plumy crown later. It would be better if the stems were stronger. M.

LA FIANCEE (Dessert, 1902) - Single - White. See THE BRIDE or ALBIFLORA, The Bride. Yellow stamens. M.

LA FIANCEE (Lemoine, 1898) - Double - Cream - M.

LA FONTAINE (Dessert, 1893) - Double - Light Crimson - DISCARDED - M.

LA FONTAINE (Lemoine, 1904) - Double - Pink - Late Midseason. Tall. Notable fragrance. Large. Large guard petals and an incurved globular center; light old-rose-pink, with a pale violet tone, approaching lavender; a few center petals edged with crimson. Floriferous; strong stems. Good, distinct, light green foliage. M.

LA FRAICHEUR (Dessert, 1905) - Single - Pink. Tall. Faint fragrance. Large. A single rose of long, undulated petals of light-rose-pink, a little lighter at the base, surround a center of bright yellow stamens; carpels pale waxy green, with lighter tips. Upright; free-flowering; well supplied with foliage. A very attractive flower which is often very large. Color very pure and delicate. M.

LA FRANCE (Lemoine, 1901) - Double - Pink - Very Late. Tall. Fragrant. Very large. Clear, light pink, richer in center and flecked darker toward tips, with crimson splashed on outer petals. Floriferous; strong stems. Good foliage. Enormous, perfectly formed flowers of true rose type, with very broad and very deep petals of crisp, fresh, and distinct crepe-like texture. A remarkable show flower and equally good for garden decoration. M.

LA GRANGE (Origin unknown) - Double - Red - M.

LA HOLLANDE (Nieuwenhuysen, 1918) - Double - Deep blush-pink - M.

LAIUS (Origin unknown) - Double - White - M.

LA JOLLA (The Jewel) (Rosenfield, 1951) - Double - White - Late. Rosenfield Gardens, 1955 catalog.

LAKE O'SILVER (Franklin, 1920) - Double - Pink - Midseason. Light pink, silver tipped; golden anthers prominent throughout flower, central petals dark pink. M.

LALLA ROOHK (Brethour) Listed by Krekler, 1955. Information from Mr. Peyton.

LALLA RALPH - Shown by J. A. Bongers, Bulletin 73, page 28.

LA LORRAINE (Lemoine, 1901) - Double - White - Midseason. Tall. Rather poor fragrance. Large, cream white, tinted pink, darkest in center, with yellow glow from a few buried stamens. Free-blooming; stout stems. Good foliage. Rather flat when fully open and most attractive. Generally considered an unreliable bloomer, although established, healthy plants are very satisfactory. M.

LAMARTINE (Calot, 1860) - Syn. GIGANTEA . Double - Pink - M.

LAMARTINE (Lemoine, 1908) - Double - Pink - Late. Medium height. Fragrant. Large, ball-like blooms, with recurved, over-lapping petals of dark old-rose-pink of distinctly violet shade, each petal bordered with slaty lavender or pale grayish foliage. A dark, rather opaque'-pink variety of distinctly bold form and habit. Must not be confused with Lamartine (Calot, 1860) which is now generally called GIGANTEA . M.

LANCASTER (Brown, 1952) - Double - White. A beautiful rose shaped white double with occasional crimson markings. Large flowers and a good plant. Brown's Peony Gardens - 1955.

LANCASTER (Kelsey, 1937) - Double - Pink - Midseason. Semi-dwarf. Medium pink. Large, heavily petaled stiff stems. List in Bulletin 109.

LANGLEY (Bockstoce, 1955) - Semi-Double - Pink - Early - Hybrid. Medium height. Semi-double pink with good stems. A cross of an officinalis with albiflora on a 1F single red with an albiflora double white or pink. Bulletin 136.


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