Becky’s Charm

Group: Lacti.

Year Registered: 2011

Breeder/registrant: Hojak

Parentage: unknown x unknown

Registration description:
Official registration can be found at: The American Peony Society

Parentage unknown. First bloomed 2004. SINGLE to SEMI-DOUBLE. Light pink flowers similar in color to ‘1 , own translation:<br /> 'Sarah Bernhardt' (Lemoine, France, 1906). Flowers pink, double, petal edges pale pink to silvery white (total colour impression hardly influenced by this), small red flecks on some petals in the center (hardly conspicuous); leaves mid large, lustreless with a brownred glow, upperside of stems slightly brownred, height 95 cm, flowers and stems sturdy; number of stems excellent. This cultivar from France is widespread worldwide and well-know thanks to its good qualities. Thanks to the sturdiness of the stems it is an appropriate cultivar both for the garden and cutflowers. This follows from the next figures: in 1995 at the auction in Aalsmeer some 3 million stems of it were sold, same thing in 1996. Despite the fact that this cultivar is somewhat susceptible towards botrytis, the positive characteristics like sturdiness, flower colour, leaf quality and number of stems predominate. It should also be noted that around 1900 other cultivars with the same name were offered in the trade, more precisely from Calot and Dessert, these never made any marks.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Remark from koen hurtekant: the "sturdiness" of the stems is heavily overstated, the fact that it is the largest cultivar both in plants and number of cutflower stems may make the review somewhat biased IMHO.</p> </div>" href="https://www.peonysociety.eu/registered_peonies/sarah-bernhardt/" target="_blank">Sarah Bernhardt’, 4½ inches across, 1 or 2 blooms per stem. Slight fragrance. Carpels red, six on average, stigmas red. Has pollen but seeds not noted. Upright growth to 3½ feet, but benefits from support. The flower reminds the originator of the grace of a ballerina, and it is thus named with Becky Cofta in mind, a dancer with the Milwaukee School of Arts.


Footnotes:
  1. Kortmann, J. "Paeonia: pioen." In: <em>Dendroflora</em>, 1998, vol 35, pp 58-95.[]

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