Marie Lemoine

Details


Floral form
Double
Season
Late
Cultivar
Lactiflora
Year introduced
1869
Year acquired
1924
Breeder
Calot
Country of origin
France
Location
Bed 12
Row
5
Column
A
Bed 12
Row
5
Column
B

History

1916-Farr:27 Large, very compact, rose type. Pure white, with cream-white center, occasional carmine tip. Fragrant. Medium height, extra-strong stem. Very late. Extra-good commercial variety. 75 cts.

1918-B006-I:15

1921-B014:16 Symposium II rating: 8.5

1923-SPN:348

1928-B:44 Double. 8.5 (Sym. 1921). White.

1928-B-d:118 Double type; very large; late. Compact and flat at first; lemon-white with a trace of crimson on edges of a few petals and whole flower strongly suffused with yellow from hidden stamens and staminodes; develops to a large, globular form, pure white, with a few yellow petaloids in the collar; richly fragrant. Dwarf; moderately floriferous; stout stems and foliage. Very highly regarded as one of the handsomest peonies. A few stamens are usually present and many half-developed petals in the depths of the flower. “Subject to diseased roots.”—Christman. “Much subject to disease.”—Boyd.

1976-K:059 Large, very compact, rose type. Pure white, with cream-white center, occasional carmine tip. Fragrant. Medium height, extra-strong stem. Very late. Extra-good commercial variety. 75 cts.