Summer Night
‘Summer Night’ has a flower color similar to that of ‘Banquet’ but the colors of of the stigmas are different (‘Banquet’ has pale pink stigmas).
My plant is still young and under evaluation but I have not found it to be a prolific bloomer.
Cultivar: | Summer Night |
Year: | 1949 |
Seedling No: | not known |
Group: | Banquet |
Flower: | Color: | dark rose pink, small dark flares |
Form: | single, two rows of petals, “irregularly edged” (Silvia) | |
Blooms: | Week 5 | |
Carpels: | at least 5, green | |
Stigmas: | cream with some pink tints | |
Sheath: | dark red | |
Stamens: | filaments red, anthers “naked”, no pollen | |
Plant: | Habit: | rounded bush |
Foliage color: | medium green, edged red | |
Foliage form: | fairly narrow | |
Height: | 29″ on 6 year plant | |
Recommendation: | Recommended |
Availability: | Few nurseries specializing in woody peonies |