Double type; large; midseason. Blooms are borne in clusters, with smaller, saucer-shaped side flowers; pale blush-pink, almost white, with yellow stamens mixed with a few irregular petals in the center; fair fragrance. Medium height; very floriferous; stems strong. Foliage abundant. In some seasons it is decidedly pink, especially on the back of the blooms near the calyx. As usually seen, the flowers are charming and informal and the plant is very graceful. “Terminal flowers on established plants are well filled out. A first-class exhibition bloom, and one of the most beautiful of all peonies.”—Saunders. “A first-class exhibition bloom. The laterals, if not disbudded, will produce semi-double flowers.”—Thurlow. “Often one of our greatest show peonies.”—Brand.

Earliest of group, not as tall as Chalice and white flowers smaller. Big leaves, 21".

Seedling F-95. Parentage: 'Nilitz' x P. obovata var willmottiae. SEMI DOUBLE to DOUBLE. Early herbaceous hybrid with cream, faintly blushed, double or semi-double flowers of exquisite formal perfection in outline, proportion, coloration, presence, and presentation; pale yellow-green carpels with pink stigmas buried in symmetrical mound of cream petalodes; seeds; height to 95 cm (36 inches)..

Leaf tip or base circular, no distinct point.

carpel: an organ at the centre of a flower, bearing one or more ovules and having its margins fused together or with other carpels to enclose the ovule in an ovary, and consisting also of a stigma and usually a style.

[caption id="attachment_29279" align="alignleft" width="476"] Carpel of P. ludlowii, showing ovary, style and stigma[/caption]

Stigma: the pollen-receptive surface of a carpel or group of fused carpels, usually sticky.

[caption id="attachment_29279" align="alignleft" width="476"] Carpel of P. ludlowii, showing ovary, style and stigma[/caption]

A chance seedling found near Kansas and Sarah Bernhardt in my commercial planting of peonies. Plant is identical to Kansas, red buds, heavy stems. The bloom has the color of Sarah Bernhardt, perhaps a little lighter. The flower is speckled. The foliage is dark green. Named for my Mother, Pietertje Vriend Wagenaar.

Rose pink dots on blush background, speckled.