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Paeonia 'Rita'

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

origination:

Dessert

Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies]:

RITA. (Dessert, 1922.) 8.6 (7 votes).*

Double type; large; late. A cupped flower, flat and saucer-like at first, dark rose-pink outside and flesh-pink or flesh-white within, prominent red marks or stripes on edges of some center petals; opens to more rounded form with a rose-like center showing stamens; fairly fragrant.

A fine creamy pink flower in general effect with distinctive markings. Dessert calls it "clear flesh-salmon-pink, slightly shaded silvery carmine of fine and delicate color."






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