Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Check List of Chinese Peonies in Commerce] Double Peonies, page 34.
Glorious. (Kelway.) See Kelway's Glorious.
*Kelway's Glorious. (Kelway, 1909.) 9.8 (Sym. 1921), White.
Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies]:
KELWAYS GLORIOUS. (Kelway, 1909.) 9.8.
Double type; very large; midseason. White with a creamy suffusion in depths, crimson streaks on outside of guard petals, and occasionally a few faint crimson edges in center; strong, rose-like fragrance. Medium height; free-flowering; strong stems. Good dark green foliage with green veins.
Immense, shaggy, rather flat flowers with a deep, funnel-like center and enormous wide-spreading petals. Requires time to do its best, but is generally considered one of the finest varieties. Several experts corroborate the statement that this variety frequently has crimson markings.
"Very rarely Kelway's Glorious will have red markings on the center petals, a circumstance which is liable to appear in any double flower whose stigmas would have been red if the flower had been a single one. The red marking or red edge to some of the center petals of peony flowers is caused by imperfect transformation of the stigmas into petals, a vestige of the latter remaining and producing the color which appears on the edge of some of the center petals."— Fewkes.
"Outer circles of petals very wide, growing smaller toward center; center petals small and crowded." Saunders.
GLORIOUS (Kelway) See KELWAY'S GLORIOUS - Double - White - M.
KELWAY'S GLORIOUS (Kelway, 1909) - Double - White - Midseason. Medium height. Strong, rose like fragrance. Very large. White with a creamy suffusion in depths, crimson streaks on outside of guard petals, and occasionally a few faint crimson edges in center; free-flowering. Strong stems. Good dark green foliage with green veins. Immense, shaggy, rather flat flowers with a deep, funnel-like center and enormous wide-spreading petals. Requires time to do its best, but is generally considered Pink. Dwarf habit. Sweetly accented. Lively one of the finest varieties. M.
Kelway's Glorious (Kelway 1908). The finest of all double white paeonies. Ravishingly lovely. Gleaming white with creamy glow in the depths. Crimson streaks outside the guard petals. Wonderful perfection of form; deep funnel-shaped centre of incurving petals with broad widely spread rings of surrounding petals-immense flower six to seven inches across. Strongly scented of roses. Plant of medium height of first-rate habit with stout stems and dark green foliage. The flowers are freely produced and last well when cut. "Blooms every year on every stem." ml. *
KELWAYS GLORIOUS Midseason large hey white, medium tall plant, strong stems. Never disappointing.
(D W M)An enormous flat white flower with a creamy suffusion in its center. Crimson streaks on the outside of the guard petals. Strong rose-like fragrance. Medium height plant with strong stems.
ClaireAustin:
Kelway's Glorious Perfect large, double white flowers, shaped like a powder puff with a tall centre and silky pink tinted petals. Often streaked with red it is borne on short stems above glossy leaves.
Kelway's Glorious: With its enormous, fragrant flowers, it's no wonder that this aptly named cultivar is considered one of the very best peonies. A shapely bush
Kelways GIorious, [ P. sinensis c) Gefüllt und halbgefüllt blühende Pracht-Pfingstrosen 1. Grundton weiß] weiß mit rosa Flammen, fr.
'Kelway's Glorious' (Kelway 1909) : grande fl. double, blanc-crème parfois taché de carmin, 1m, mi-saison
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