Opal

Details


Floral form
Semi-double
Season
Midseason
Cultivar
Lactiflora
Year introduced
1908
Year acquired
1924
Breeder
Pleas
Country of origin
United States
Location
Bed 24
Row
4
Column
E
Bed 24
Row
4
Column
F

History

1918-B006-I:19

1921-B014:18 Symposium II rating: 8.5

1923-SPN:349

1928-B:48 Double. 8.5 (Sym. 1921). Syn. The Jewel. White.

1928-B-d:132 Double type; large; midseason. Pale rose-pink becoming almost white when fully open; petals very long, pointed, and arranged in a deep, funnel-like form; not notably fragrant. Medium height; floriferous; stems not strong. Foliage good. A flower of great beauty of form and delicacy of color and texture. A peony called THE JEWEL is identical. “Rating much too high.”—Fewkes. “Rated much too high. Does not do well in my heavy clay soil.”—Boyd.

1976-K:075 (Pleas, 1908) – Syn. THE JEWEL. Double – Pink to White – Midseason. Medium height. Not notably fragrant. Pale rose-pink becoming almost white when fully open; petals very long, pointed, and arranged in a deep, funnel-like form; floriferous; stems not strong. Foliage good. M.