Early Scout

Early Scout.  Auten.  1952. Herbaceous hybrid.  American Peony Society Gold Medal winner-2001.  American Peony Society Award of Landscape Merit. Red single. Nice, deeply cut foliage is a good backdrop to the early red flowers. Often referred to as a ‘fernleaf’ type hybrid, but it is more coarse than P. tenuifolia, which has the definitive fern-like foliage.  Approximately 22″ in height and a mound-shaped plant.  Vigorous.  Week 2 bloom time.  No fertility noted.  (albiflora ‘Richard Cravel’ x tenuifolia). Premium divisions ship late September to mid-October.