Rosenfield, 1908
Karl Rosenfield is a classic, much-loved peony known for its bold, velvety crimson-red blooms. The large, fully double flowers opens mid season and makes an excellent cut flower, holding their rich colour and form beautifully in arrangements.
From the 1916 catalogue of American nurseryman Bertrand H. Farr: “This variety exhibited by me at the exhibition of the American Peony Society, in June, 1911, received First Prize for the best new Peony not in commerce before 1908”.
Well 120 years later and it is no longer a new peony. It has stood the test of time and is widely grown today precisely because it can be relied upon to produce a good show of lustrous beetroot red flowers year after year.
Named after the hybridizer’s son, the peony Karl Rosenfield honors John Rosenfield, a nurseryman in Omaha, Nebraska, and a Swedish immigrant
Group: Lactiflora
Flower type: Double
Height: 60-90 cm
Fragrance: Faint
Sidebuds: 1 -2 Per stem
Staking: Depends upon location
Bloom Date: Week 5 (Mid)
Country of Origin: USA
Karl Rosenfield
Our promise is to provide you with healthily grown root divisions, with 3-5 eyes, and true to name. We take great care in packaging your roots so they arrive in perfect planting condition. If for any reason, during shipping, your package is not to your satisfaction, please send a photo within 48 hours, and we will either replace your order or refund you.
Since planting conditions, and other variables are outside of our control, we cannot guarantee roots once they have been planted.
Observations of height, side buds, and staking are from Hudson, Quebec (zone 5a) grown in full sun, in a clay based soil. In different environments plants will perform slightly different. Instead of 1 to 2 side buds per stem, you may have none. If growing in slightly shadier environment, your peony may require staking. The observations are meant as a general guide, in how your peony should perform in optimal planting. In the case of fragrance, these are observations based on personal sniff tests in the field, we must bear in mind our olfactory senses are all different.
