Tiger Tiger
I haven’t seen flowers I would describe as “orange-red” as stated in both the Saunders catalogues and the APS website. I believe my plant fits the description give by Reath and Saunders who described the color as “dusky purplish-rose with creamy tones”.
| Cultivar: | Tiger Tiger |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Seedling No: | 16538 |
| Group: | Banquet |
| Flower: | Color: | pink rose with creamy tones |
| Form: | single/semi-double, three rows of petals | |
| Blooms: | Week 5 | |
| Carpels: | 6, green | |
| Stigmas: | cream with pink tones | |
| Sheath: | dark pink | |
| Stamens: | filaments red at base, shading to yellow, stamens uneven, anthers “naked” | |
| Plant: | Habit: | rounded bush |
| Foliage color: | medium green, turns purplish in summer and fall | |
| Foliage form: | average width | |
| Height: | 42″ on 7 year plant | |
| Recommendation: | Recommended |
| Availability: | Several nurseries specializing in woody peonies |
Interesting fall foliage.