origination:
Pietertje Vriend WAGENAAR (Nicholas J. Friend), Sunnyside, Washington, May 30, 1996. 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.
