'River Rubicon' Peony

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'River Rubicon' peony Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Scholten #5-20-2

Registration:

Registration name: River Rubicon

Origin:

Bred by Joshua Scholten (Netherlands, 2013).
Introduced in Netherlands by Peony Shop Holland in 2022 as 'River Rubicon'.

Class:

Hybrid / Species crosses.

Bloom:

Light yellow. Frilled and ruffled petals. Average diameter 6". Medium to large, semi-double to double bloom form. Early-to-early mid.

Habit:

Upright.

Height: up to 35" (up to 90cm).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Undisclosed

Notes:

Registered 2022.

Named for a river in northeastern Italy. The phrase 'crossing the Rubicon' meaning committing oneself irrevocably, derives from Roman history: in 49 BCE, Julius Caesar provoked a Civil War after he crossed the river with a legion of troops as part of a successful but illegal power grab.