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'Smithopus10' peony Description
'Candy Apple™' peony photo
Photo courtesy of scvirginia
Availability:
Commercially available
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Origin:
Bred by Donald Robert Smith (United States, 2013).
Introduced in United States by Plants Nouveau in 2025 as 'Candy Apple'.
Class:
Intersectional Hybrid / Itoh.  
Bloom:
Red or crimson.  Gold stamens visible.  Average diameter 5".  Medium to large, double bloom form.  
Habit:
Medium, rounded bush.  

Height: 30" to 3' (75 to 90cm).  Width: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 3a through 8a.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 36,924  on  2 Sep 2025   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 18/966,566  on  3 Dec 2024
Inventor: Donald R. Smith, Fairfield, CT (US)
..The crossing resulting in the new cultivar was made in summer of 2013 in a backyard in Windham, NH. The seed parent is the cultivar Paeonia 'Martha W', unpatented. The pollen parent is the cultivar Paeonia 'KC Red', unpatented.
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