Gwendolin
Group: Lacti.
Year Registered: 2007
Breeder/registrant: Burkhardt
Parentage: Kelway’s Supreme x unknown
Registration description:
Official registration can be found at: The American Peony Society
LACTIFLORA GROUP. Seedling number 103 b9m1. Pod parent: ‘Kelway’s Supreme’. Pollen Parent: unknown. First bloomed 2004. First year propagated 2007. SEMI-DOUBLE. Flowers are light pink, 5½ inches (14 cm) across, with one bloom per stem. Three rows of slightly notched petals are held to form a flattish flower. Some petaloids arise from inside the ring of stamens. Carpels are small, five on average, sparsely hairy. Stigmas are flesh-pink. Pollen bearing stamens are yellow throughout. Fertility not noted. Upright plant, to 32 inches (80 cm) in height. Foliage is green. Blooms late midseason (about 11 days after ‘1, own translation:<br /> 'Red Charm' (Glasscock, USA, 1944) (P. lactiflora x P. officinalis) Flowers dark red, very large, double, centre filled with many deep red petaloids, surrounded by two circles of large petals; leaves rather large, dull green; upperside somewhat irregular; height 100 cm; stems rather sturdy; number of stems mediocre. This American cultivar is remarkable thanks to its magnificent colour and the enormously large flowers, which need support to remain upright, despite the plant having sturdy stems. The mediocre number of stems and the development of so called 'necks' on the roots inhibited propagation and distribution at large scale for some time. 'Red Charm' is reportedly somewhat susceptible toward botrytis, which was also noted by the review commission. It is a good garden plant, despite some negative characteristics.</p> <p> </p> </div>" href="https://www.peonysociety.eu/registered_peonies/red-charm/">Red Charm’). Named for the daughter of the Brauer family of Hamburg, Germany.
Footnotes:
- Kortmann, J. "Paeonia: pioen." In: <em>Dendroflora</em>, 1998, vol 35, pp 58-95.[↩]
