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 |
