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Paeonia 'Asa Gray'

type: [herbaceous peony] – [species cultivar] – [lactiflora]

origination:

Crousse

Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Check List of Chinese Peonies in Commerce] Double Peonies, page 24.

*Asa Gray. (Crousse, 1886.) 8.1 (Sym. 1921). Pink.

ASA GRAY. (Crousse, 1886.) 8.1.

Double type; medium size; midseason. A flat-topped flower which early develops a prominent crown, covering its irregular collar; pale pink, thickly powdered with minute rosy dots, showing an occasional crimson edge on the center petals; fragrant. Medium height; blooms moderately; good stems and foliage.

A curious, "double-decked" flower of interesting but scarcely beautiful color. The plant is not always reliable in growth and blooms.

ASA GRAY (Crousse, 1886) - Double - Pink - Midseason. Medium height. Fragrant. Medium size; a flat-topped flower which early develops a prominent crown, covering its irregular collar; pale pink, thickly powdered with sinute rosy dots, showing an occasional crimson edge on the center petals. Blooms moderately; good stems and foliage. Midseason

Blumenschmidt (1938)

Asa Gray, fleischfarbig mit lila Schein

Asa Gray, [Paeonia sinensis Gefülltblühende Sorten:] fleischfarbig mit lila Schein

Asa Gray, [Paeonia sinensis Gefüllt blühende Sorten] fleischfarbig mit lila Schei

Asa Gray. [Paeonia albiflora Gefüllt blühende Sorten] Dicht gefüllte, große lila Blum.

Rivière (1995):

'Asa Gray' /Félix Crousse/1885

Rivière 2000

AZA GRAY (Crousse, 1886] (Double). Fleur extrêmement pleine de couleur chair peu accentuée dont les pétales sont parsemés d'une multitude de petites taches de couleur identique mais plus foncée. Variété très attirante. Haute, vigoureuse et florifère. Parfumée. Mi-saison

Petterson (2001):

© 1. Bild : P. de Frankrijker en Zn, Boskoop

Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk: index plantarum 2007, available under [link]: listed as 'Aza Gray'






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