LARGO (Vories, 1929) - Jap. - Pink - Late Midseason. Very soft medium pink guards. Yellow staminodes. Wild's 1952 catalog: Large and rounded soft pink guards with white staminodes suffused pink and tipped and edged yellow. Carpels tipped pink. Undoubtedly one of the finest Japs we have. Excellent stems and plant. Midseason. List in Bulletin 91.
Largo (Vories 1929) L. Japanese form; soft medium pink petals. Large and rounded soft pink guards with light staminodes suffused pink and tipped and edged yellow; carpels tipped pink, an altogether appealing presentation. Excellent stems and plant.
LARGO (F)(M)(Vories) A superb, wide-spreading, eye-catching Japanese variety with large, showy blooms; bright blue pink petals surround a center of golden yellow staminodes; strong stems; dark green foliage; slight fragrance
Nicholls (1999):
LARGO (Vories 29) Beautiful rose-pink guard petals frame the glowing center of rose and gold staminodes. A super Japanese with very good sturdy stems. Good cut flowers.
M.S. Uspenskaja 2003, p. 129:
Svetlana Poperechnaya 2006:
(J P LM) Large, soft pink guard petals surround a center of staminodes that are a mixture of pink and yellow. An excellent plant.
Tartu Ülikooli Botaanikaaed (THE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TARTU) INDEX PLANTARUM : Paeonia 'Largo' Vories 1929
Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk: index plantarum 2007, available under [link]: listed
