Rose Crystal
This peony can be appreciated for its very early and delicate blooms and for its foliage. Silvia Saunders seemed especially enamored of this plant, writing in her notes of its “handsome heart” (meaning abundant stamens) and handsome leaves. I find the buds exceptionally beautiful.
| Cultivar: | Rose Crystal |
| Year Registered: | 1955 |
| Seedling No: | 1536. Page 69 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 4B: F2 of (lactiflora X macrophylla) |
| Flower: | Color: | white with lilac pink edges |
| Form: | single, one row of 6 petals, fluted with ruffled edges, very delicate | |
| Blooms: | Week 2 | |
| Carpals: | 2, light yellowish green, woolly | |
| Stigmas: | bright red | |
| Disc: | red, “conspicuous” (Silvia Saunders’ notes) | |
| Stamens: | filaments crimson at base, shading to yellow, stamens abundant | |
| Plant: | Habit: | rounded spreading bush |
| Foliage color: | light green | |
| Foliage form: | medium large leaves, entire | |
| Height: | 31″ in 2022 | |
| Recommendation: | Highly Recommended |
| Availability: | Rare |
