Pehrson/Laning, 1982
Beautiful buttery yellow, and a reliable seed parent. These creamy yellow single flowers are supported by strong stems and grow vigorously.
I enjoy reading about past hybridizers and getting a sense of the person behind the plants. I came across this quote in The Peony Newsletter from April 1970:
“I am assuming, for the present, the role of what Don Hollingsworth has called ‘the Reference Person.’ Let it be understood that I am not to be considered the expert, or even an expert, on the subject of peony hybridizing. I am merely one of the very few least inexperienced of the present-day crop of hybridizers. I am Roy, and this is enough.”
And this is his best yellow
Group: Herbaceous Hybrid
Flower form: Single
Height: 60-90 cm
Fragrance: Faint
Sidebuds: 1-2 per stem
Staking Required: No
Bloom Week: 2 (Very Early)
Country of Origin: USA
Roy Pehrson's Best Yellow
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.
