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Paeonia 'Altar Candles'


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 56.

*Altar Candles. (Pleas.) 8.0 (Sym. 1925). Pink.

Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies], page 79

ALTAR CANDLES. (Pleas, 1908.) 8.0.

Japanese type; small; midseason. Cupped, flesh-pink guards surrounding a center of narrow, wax-white petaloids, tipped with red, and greenish carpels with ruddy tips; not fragrant. Medium height; blooms freely; stems and foliage good.

Pretty flowers borne in clusters of charming color effect, but they lack size and distinction.

"Think this is rated much too high."—Fewkes.

ALTAR CANDLES (Pleas, 1908) - Japanese - Pink - Midseason. Medium height. No fragrance. Small. Cupped, flesh-pink guards surrounding a center of narrow, wax-white petaloids, tipped with red, and greenish carpels with ruddy tips; blooms freely; stems and foliage good.






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