Mary Elizabeth
Originator: (Hollingsworth 2004)
Cultivar group: Lactiflora
Bloom period: Midseason to Late
Flower form: Japanese
A Best Landscaper

Bright red-pink guard petals surround a center of light yellow staminodes.  Like a midseason hybrid the petal color remains attractive to petal fall, does not go off purple.  Flower placement is close to the bush, for extended flowering do not remove side buds.  Medium height, vigorous bush, very floriferous, one of our growing collection of low maintenance landscape peonies.  Named for a friend.  Grown from back cross of a hybrid to a Lactiflora.  Limited supply.  Hollingsworth Nursery Item 2140.