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Paeonia 'Oh Canada'

type: [herbaceous peony] – [species cultivar] – [lactiflora]

origination:

Herder (1)

Helmut Herder

(on Y!groups peony 24th June 2005) Hello Everbody, The first photo results of my attempt to creat a new herbaceous peony plant are at the

URL: http://www.ecn.ab.ca/~farm/P0014815.JPG I have named it "OH CANADA" after the Canadian flag colors. Helmut Herder



Carolyn Schaffner

(on Y!groups peony 24th June 2005) Looks just like the Canadian flag to me!! Congratulations! How old is the plant? Is it stable?

Carolyn Schaffner in hot hot Buffalo, NY

Carlos Beca

(on Y!groups peony 24th June 2005) Hi Helmut, Very nice peony - Congratulations - Have you been waiting for 7 years now? Carlos Beca

Anna Smith

That is lovely! I am a fan of striped flowers...is one I would have...keep up the good work! Anna in BC

Don Hackenberry

Dear Helmut and All, Do you want it to be 'Oh Canada' or 'O Canada'? My guess is that every flower has a different pattern, is that right?

Your first attempt was certainly a successful one. Wish you many more successes. Looks like Peonies are at their peak for you.

Our season is drawing to a close, as 'Raspberry Sundae' drops its petals in our droughty but not too hot weather, despite my frequent hosings.

Best, Don

Alana Holste

You have sent in your registration to APS I hope? When will you be marketing this beauty? Soon I hope. What was the breeding of OH CANADA?

Pollen & pod parents I am curious as to where the stripes came from. Alana

PS.: I forgot to ask the leaves appear to have a lighter edge with the underside of the leaves the same light color.

Am I truely seeing the edge in the picture or am I just seeing the underside?

Carsten Burkhardt

You get an entry in my database. I had a striped seedling too this year, in fact it was the second year it flowered for me.

pictures can be viewed on http://www.paeo.de/f05/06b/html/20050604/lac_mong2_2.html use the navigation to see more pictures.

The seedling came from Canada, from Whiteman Alpines,and it is a collection of Josef Halda from Mongolia.

Maybe more people in Canada have seedlings from this collection. I have 3 surviving plants, which flowered this year, out of six seedlings.

Are there more striped mongolians among them??

Marina Kasimova

Wow!!!!  How did you do it?

Helmut Herder

Hello Everybody, Thank you for all the nice comments. I can say that this peony is a single herbaceous that is very hardy...it has survived two 
winters with minimum temps of -42*C. It flowered for the first time last year and yes the color pattern is stable. Also it is fertile and produces seeds.
 I looked at the seeds from last year and they are starting to appear above ground. It is not a mongolian seedling from Whiteman alpines. 
I have not divided the plant yet. Its value for me is in the breeding potential.
 Since the color pattern is stable, I will try to get the colors into other flower forms such as double bomb type or semi double. 
Also a dark purple streaked with white would be striking. Perhaps even a striped yellow and white in double bomb form. 
The potential possibilities are exciting. Helmut








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