Pastelegance

Pastelegance.  Seidl.  1989.  Herbaceous hybrid.  APS ‘Best In Show’-2016 and 2022.  American Peony Society Gold Medal winner – 2022.  Pastelegance is perhaps the finest peony available on the market today.  The double champagne cream with pink highlighted flowers are quite unique for color and will not be confused with anything else.  Large rounded guard petals surround a central mass of well shaped and ruffled petals.  The central flower petals often appear layered and swirled, while the guards are always flat and rounded.  Foliage is a dark blue-green and leaves are wide.  Stems are sturdy, but minor support is beneficial.  Pastelegance is the pinnacle of Bill Seidl’s herbaceous hybrid breeding and is only now finding it’s way into gardens around the world. Pricey due to demand and supply.  A supreme show flower.  Solaris Farms won ‘Queen of the Show’ at the 2016 APS Convention with this cultivar.  Week 4-5 bloom time.  Fertile both ways (easy).    Parentage:  Salmon Dream x Lemon Chiffon.  Relatively slow increase and divisions tend to have small roots compared to top growth, thus smaller looking divisions. Takes a few years to settle in.  Premium divisions ship late September to mid October.