Paeonia 'Cora Louise'
Archive entry 24.05.20
6th June 2017
An early Itoh hybrid raised by Roger Anderson in Wisconsin and named after his grandmother (seedling #A80-02).
A double flower, white with pink tinges, that first bloomed in 1984. Raised from a cross between a double white P. lactiflora
and a Reath hybrid tree peony (David Reath's hybrids developed the work of Prof. Saunders in the USA, who had crossed P. delavayi with chinese tree peonies).
I have had it for a while and it has grown well for me in full sun with very good drainage, though the early flowers have a pinched look.
28th May 2022
References:
International Dendrology Society, Trees and Shrubs Online, https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/paeonia/paeonia-lutea-hybrids/ (accessed 21.05.23).
American Peony Society, https://americanpeonysociety.org/cultivars/peony-registry/cora-louise/ (accessed 21.05.23).