Festiva

Details


Floral form
Double
Season
Late midseason
Cultivar
Lactiflora
Year introduced
1838
Breeder
Donkalaer
Country of origin
Belgium

Additional Details

Origin
Europe
Location
Bed 19
Row
2
Column
A
Bed 19
Row
2
Column
B
A white Festiva peony.

1916-Farr:24 Large, full, double, rose type. Creamy white with crimson spots in the center. Fragrance XX. Dwarf grower; late bloomer. Often sold as Festiva maxima, and sometimes as Edulis alba. 50 cts.

1918-B006-I:08

1921-B014:11 Symposium II rating: 8.0

1923-SPN:345

1928-B:32 Double. 8.0 (Sym. 1921). White.

1928-B-d:096 Much overrated and suppressed by vote of the Directors.

1976-K:030 (Donkelaer, 1838) – Double – White – SUPPRESSED. 1930 Wild catalog; creamy-white, with crimson spots in center; fragrant, globular, compact, dwarf, slightly spreading. M.