origination:
HIGHLIGHT (Auten-Wild, 1952) (Named by Mrs. D. Y. Dunn) Double - Red - Late Midseason. Medium height. Dark red of pleasing color, form and good substance. Good stems, A "highlight" in the garden. Bulletin 126.
Selected from Mr. Auten's peonies. Named and introduced for him by Gilbert H. Wild & Son.
HIGHLIGHT, Auten / Wild (USA), 1952, Paeonia lactiflora, Full double true red flowers. In between flower petals golden yellow stamens can show through. The guard petals are slightly white striped on the outside. Little sidebuds. A characteristic lactiflora-planthabit and foliage combined with high vigour completes this fine peony.
HIGHLIGHT, Auten / Wild (USA), 1952, Paeonia lactiflora, Volledig gevulde donkerrode bloemen. Tussen de bloemblaadjes door kunnen hier en daar goudgele meeldraden tevoorschijn komen. De buitenste bloembladeren zijn aan de buitenzijde wit gestreept. Weinig zijknoppen. Groeikrachtig en een vrij typisch lactiflora-gewas.
Elizabeth Babb on webshots 2005:
Beitrag von pinat am 25.5.2007:
Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk: index plantarum 2007, available under [link]: listed
