'Yellow Heaven' Peony

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'Yellow Heaven' peony Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

4 favorite votes.

Origin:

Bred by Toichi Itoh (Japan, 1948).
Introduced in United States by Louis Smirnow in 1974 as 'Yellow Heaven'.

Class:

Intersectional Hybrid / Itoh.

Bloom:

Yellow, red flares. Moderate fragrance. Semi-double bloom form. Midseason.

Habit:

Height: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 2a and warmer.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

Alice Harding (hybrid lutea, Lemoine, 1935) × Kakoden

Notes:

First bloomed 1964, registered 1974.
A&D Nursery say 'Yellow Heaven' is one of the first cross hybrids (a cross between a tree peony and an herbaceous peony) by Mr. Itoh of Japan and one of the first to be introduced in the U.S.