The American Peony Society

The History of the Peonies and their Originations p. 146



A. P. SAUNDERS HYBRID PEONIES

Current listing received from Silvia Saunders, December 1975. NC (Never catalogued by Saunders.)

ALERT (1941) - Single midseason, brilliant crimson.

ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT (1941) - Semi-double, large crimson cup.

ALIDA (NC) - One of the lavenders, slightly doubling.

ANGELICA (NC) - Willmottiae seedling. Purest white, very single filaments and stigmas. Aristocratic looking.

ANTHEM (NC) - A Chalice F-2. White.

ARCHANGEL - Single white.

ATHENA - Creamy buff.

AUDREY - Light pink, semi-double.

BALLERINA - Double greenish yellow.

BELINDA (NC) - Peregrina x Mloko. Pale silvery mauve, delicate looking.

BRAVURA - Light cerise, white flares.

BUCCANEER - Single light crimson.

BURGUNDY - Single black purple.

CAMELLIA - Semi-double white.

CAMPAGNA - Single white.

CARDINAL'S ROBE - Semi-double scarlet.

CARINA - Semi-double red.

CAROLINA (NC) From its appearance, probably same parentage as Pageant. (Albi- officinalis-macrophylla) huge pale pink petals with splachy center stamens.

CELIA - Semi-double flesh.

CHALICE - Single white.

CHALLENGER - Single tall dark crimson.

CLAUDIA - Semi-double pink.

CONSTANCE SPRY - Semi-double light cherry.

CORALIE - Single coral pink.

CYTHEREA - Semi-double rose pink.

DAYSTAR - Palest yellow.

DEFENDER - Single mahogany crimson.

DIANTHA - Single early dwarf. Peach pink.

EARLY BIRD - Very early single red.

ECLIPSE - Single black purple.

EDWARD STEICHEN - Semi-double red.

ELIZABETH CAHN - Single white, underlay faint green.

ELIZABETH FOSTER - Single large brilliant rose.

ELYSIUM (1960) (NC) - Albi-macrophylla F-2, tall white.

ELLEN COWLEY - Semi-double bright cherry.

EMBLEM - Single brilliant red.

EREBUS - Single mahogany red.

FANTASIA (1941) (NC) - Flesh pink with maroon in leaves and stems.

FIREFLAME (NC) - Officinalis x Cretica. Curious intense pink. Breeders plant.

FIRELIGHT - Quadruple, semi-double rose pink.

FRANCES - Albi x officinalis-macro. No. 8167. Early pale peach single with warm glowing heart. Catalogue 1965.

GARDEN PEACE - Single tall white.

GILLIAN - Early single pink.

GOOD CHEER - Single light vermillion.

GRACE ROOT - Single light salmon pink.

GREAT LADY - Single semi-double, tall, china pink.

GREEN IVORY - Single light green to white tinted green

GWENDA - Pink. Sets seeds early F-2.

HALCYON - Early, single blush.

HERALD - Early single red.

HERITAGE - The reverse cross. Double crimson.

HORIZON - F-2. Single tall flesh. Huge gold centers.

JANICE - Single early tall, salmon pink.

JULIA GRANT - Semi-double clear pink.

KING'S RANSOM (NC) - "Lobata red"— Albi x lobata. Brilliant scarlet red.

LADYBIRD - Very early single red.

LADY GAY - Single ivory flared rose.

LAURA MAGNUSON - Late semi-double. Light clear cherry cup.

LAVENDER - A strain. Pale lilac.

LEGION OF HONOR - Single to semi-double cherry scarlet.

LIBERATOR - Single bright deep crimson.

LITTLE DORRIT - Dwarf single salmon flared red.

LOTUS BLOOM - Semi-double light pink.

LOVELY ROSE - Creamy rose pink.

LUDOVICA - Semi-double clear rose pink.