Solaris FarmsTM 2012
Hardy Hemerocallis, Paeonia and Lilium


Herbaceous Peony Catalog

Many of the lactiflora cultivars have reduced pricing, as we are moving toward  growing advanced generation hybrids exclusively.  The lactiflora cultivars are of excellent quality, but one can only grow a finite number of plants!

   

Image Unit Size Select Price Cultivar Name Plant Description Hybridizer Registration Year
STD root $16.00
Abalone Pearl Semi-double, coral pink on rounded cupped flowers.  Hybrid. Krekler 1978
STD root $10.00
Alexander Dumas Pink bomb with rows of white in the lower part of the 'bomb'. Guerin 1862
STD
root
$25.00
Angel Cheeks Soft cameo pink flower with red striping on the dorsal extremities of the top most petals. Double bomb. Klehm 1975
  STD
root
$23.00
Athena Ivory, flared conipicuously with rose, single. Saunders 1949
STD root $10.00
Bowl of Beauty Nice solid pink guard petals, offset by stunning puff white petaloids.  Easy to grow and beautiful. Lactiflora. Hoogendorn 1949
STD root $28.00
Buckeye Belle Guards dark red, large, inner petal narrower, interspersed with stamens, yellow anthers and red filaments. Mains 1956
STD root $26.00
Campagna Single - White - Hybrid. Pure white, with gold and green center. No pink tones at all. Saunders 1941
STD root $28.00
Carnation Bouquet Double cream/pink with darker pink highlights, well formed.  Hybrid Seidl 1996
STD root $25.00
Claire de Lune Large white/yellow single hybrid. White/Wild 1954

STD root $17.00
Cora Stubbs Japanese form, raspberry w/vanilla scoop center, fragrant.  Lactiflora. Krekler 1985
STD root $17.00
Coral Charm Semi-double, gorgeous coral-peach blossom.  Hybrid. Wissing/Klehm 1964

STD root $25.00
Coral Supreme Single to double coral pink.  Hybrid. Wissing 1964
STD root $28.00
Coral and Gold Very large single coral flowers with large mass of golden stamens on tall plants Wissing/Klehm 1981
STD root $22.00
Cythera Bright hot rose/pink single, rounded flower. Saunders 1960
  STD root $10.00
Dr. Alexander Fleming Pink double w/sweet fragrance. French 1950
  STD root $10.00
Duchess de Nemours Fragrant double bomb white flowers.  Old french hybrid needs staking. Cabot 1856
  STD root $22.00
Early Scout Fast growing, early flowering fernleaf hybrid. Saunders  

STD root $12.00
Edulis Superba Double pink bomb, very fragrant, healthy vigorous variety.  One of the best peonies for Wisconsin.  Tough and productive.  Lactiflora. Lemon 1824
  STD root $18.00
Elsa Sass White, large, perfectly formed rose-type flowers with a texture like velvet. Sass 1930

STD root $40.00
Etched Salmon Double, unique salmon-coral-pink w/yellow etched petals.  Hybrid. Cousins 1981

STD root $15.00
Fairy's Petticoat Double, double profusion of flounced petals, cream pink, fragrant.  Lactiflora Klehm 1963
STD root $15.00
Fancy Nancy Soft cerise-pink Japanese flower of exceptional refinement and purity. Starburst center of pale pink.  Lactiflora Auten 1944
  STD root $24.00
Firelight Strong pink single with deeper pink flares Saunders  
  STD $10.00
G.F. Hemerick Deep pink Japanese form w/creamy yellow ball of stamenoids. Van Leeuwen 1930
  STD root $10.00
Gardenia Fragrant white bomb.  Could use support Lins 1955
  STD root $8.00
Green Halo Tuft of white petals arise above an unusual light green guard petal base.  A ragged flower often used in arrangements Klehm  
  STD root $28.00
Jubleynyj Salmon base petals, yellow and light pink central petals with red edges Krasnova 1959
STD rooot 10.00
Karl Rosenfield Bright crimson with very little blue in it, outer petals large and waved, central petals incurved and notched; not fragrant. Lactiflora. Rosenfield 1908
STD root $12.00
Largo Soft medium pink guards. Yellow staminodes, Japanese form.  Lactiflora. Vories 1929
STD root $225.00
Lemon Chiffon Semi-double to double lemon yellow, violet carpels, yellow stamens, excellent form and color.  One of the most sought Peonies for beauty and hybridizing fertility.  Seldom available.  Hybrid. Reath 1981

STD root $18.00
Little Red Gem A single light red, fine cut foliage, dwarf, mound type, blooms above dwarf plants. Reath 1988
  STD root $10.00
Longfellow Bright crimson, intensified by golden yellow stamens near center; not notably fragrant. Rather dwarf. Brand 1907
  STD root $10.00
Louis Van Houtte Double rouged cherry red. Calot 1867
  STD $24.00
Mary Jo Lagare Reliable, light red to very deep cherry pink full blossoms with good substance. Tastefully proportioned semi-dwarf growth habit. Pherson 1978

STD root $25.00
Merry Mayshine Single; a course fern-leaf hybrid; fragrant, bright crimson flowers with contrasting bright yellow centers, set just above the abundant, dark green, slender leaflets. Saunders 1994
STD root $10.00
Miss Mary Short red single flower of very bright cheery color.  Excellent plant for the front of a border or a smaller space.  Lactiflora. Krekler 1967
  STD root $30.00
 
Mollis Bright pink single flowered species.  Low growing with glaucus foliage.  Very nice. species x
STD root $12.00
Mons. Jules Elle Old French cutflower hybrid.  Gorgeous crown shaped double of pure pink.  Needs staking, but flower is well worth growing.  Fragrant.  Lactiflora. Crousse 1888
STD root $15.00
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Double, refined w/long loose petal arrangement, seashell pink.  Lactiflora Franklin 1932
STD root $10.00
Nick Shaylor Double white with light pink flush.  Excellent plant habit and gorgeous flowers.  Popular.  Lactiflora. Allison 1931
  STD root $45.00
Old Faithful Gorgeous full double red.  Strongest stems of any red and flowers are large and held well above foliage.  Perhaps the best red.  Slow grower, but well worth the effort.  Hybrid Glasscock/ Falk 1964
  STD root $25.00
Palandin Carmine/cerise red, tulip or rosebud form. Saunders 1950
  STD root $20.00
Pillow Cases Delicate interplay of soft pink, cream and deep pink. Nice speckling of blossom petals with some fluting and flaring. Klehm/Krekler 1994
STD root $18.00
Pink Cameo Large full double pink blooms.  Needs staking, but is a tremendously beautiful flower and plants are fast growers.  Hybrid. Bigger 1954
STD root $12.00
Pink Luau Semi-double wide open flower pink w/raspberry streaks. Excellent and floriferous.  Hybrid Krekler/Klehm 1995
STD root $12.00
Raspberry Sundae Bomb, vanilla, raspberry, and yellow on sweetlyfragrant flowers.  Lactiflora. Klehm 1968
STD root $18.00
Red Charm The flower is large and perfectly formed. The stems are strong and hold the large blooms erect. The substance and texture of this full double, high built bloom is like brilliant plastic. The foliage is excellent.  Hybrid. Glasscock 1944
STD root $10.00
Red Magic Red double.  A productive garden variety that was a renamed plant from China (Hei Hai Bo Tao).  Lactiflora China ----
STD root $15.00
Red Windflower Red windflower type, strong stems.  Relatively small plant that makes a mound shape.  Fertile.  Unique.  Hybrid Seidl 1981
STD root $25.00
Roselette A sweet flower of clear pink that surrounds a very circular arrangements of stamens.  Hybrid. Saunders 1950
  STD root $25.00

Rozella A large, rose-type double with strong stems and profuse bloom.  Excellent in all regards.  Lactiflora Reath 1991
STD root $10.00
Sarah Bernhardt Full double soft pink flowers, the inner petals are shaded darker. Sidebuds present. Lactiflora. Lemoine 1906
  STD root $22.00
Scarlet O'Hara Large red single flowers carried on vigorous strong growing plants Falk/Glasscock 1956
STD root $12.00
Sea Shell Large single flowers of a bright lively pink with a full center of yellow stamens on strong stems. Extremely floriforous!   Lactiflora. Sass 1937
  STD root $28.00
 
Serebrenyi Velvet Large pink double from the Caucasus region Late midseason, fragrant erect stems, long vase life.    
  STD root $28.00
 
Serebro From Caucasus region. Naturally it looks like dark violet with silver edge. Really something interesting. Midseason, medium size, rose type, fragrant.    
  STD root $10.00
Shirley Temple Light pink bomb, fragrant and heavy blooming. Smirnow 1948
  STD root $18.00
Show Girl Anemone to loose double form; warm, medium pink guard petals surround a large center of cream-yellow petalodes; heavy substance throughout Hollingsworth 1984
  STD root $8.00
Soft Salmon Joy Bright pink single with yellow ring of stamens.  Needs support. Klehm  
  STD root $8.00
Solange Double cream-white, with a suffusion of buff and pale salmon-pink. Lemoine 1907
  STD root $15.00
Solfatare Large double cream flowers with hints of yellow.  Very good. Calot 1861
  STD root $10.00
Stardust Large waxy white single flowers held on long, strong stems Glasscock/Falk 1964
STD root $15.00
Susie Q Cute bright pink double flowers borne on short plants.  A appealing plant and flower where less height is required.  Lactiflora. Klehm  
  STD root $12.00
 
Sweet Marjorie Medium to dark pink 5" flower cactus style with streaks of cream green and deeper rose pink. Klehm 1999
STD root $35.00
tenufolia 'Flora Plena' Rubra' Very finely cut fernleaf foliage (lace-like).  This variety has nice rounded medium size double read flowers.  Blooms very early.  Species. species ---

STD root $24.00
Tranquil Dove White, rosy pink overlay single.  Fertile hybrid. Saunders/Rogers 1995
  STD root $20.00
Vivid Rose Large bright rose double.  Edges of petals fade through time to give a frosted effect.  Beautiful.  Lactiflora. Klehm 1952

STD root $12.00
Walter Faxon Pink double, elegant and soft.  A popular old favorite. Lactiflora. Richardson 1905
STD root $22.00
White Innocence Pure white unusually formed flowers are carried on very tall stems.  Multiple flower buds are carried on each stem.  Truly unique and much sought after.  Hybrid. Saunders 1947
Selected Seedlings
 (Proven plants and flowers for beauty and/or hybridizing;  may be future registrations)


STD root $150.00

#74H120-2 (Valkyrie) Large loose dark red double.  Color has an incredible depth and clarity.  Easily fertile both ways.  Future registration.  Advanced generation hybrid. Seidl
STD root $50.00
#79H114-8 Clear baby ribbon pink double.  Medium height plant with very strong stems that hold flowers above the plant in all conditions.  Fast growing and has pollen.  Seed is unknown at this time.  Beautiful.  Advanced generation hybrid. Seidl  

STD
root
$120.00
#Dreamtime Advanced generation herbaceous hybrid from Bill Seidl's work.  Large semi-double to single clear pink.  Plants have sturdy stems and are 33" in height.  A strong grower that is highly fertile both ways. Seidl  
  STD root $150.00
#Old Soldier Deep red tight double.  Has pollen and easily produces seeds.  Probably an Old Faithful seedling as plant habit is similar.  Strong stems hold large flowers easily.  Just a few available. Seidl  
  STD root $200.00
#Pastelorama Large double pastel cream/pink.   Much sought after advanced generation beauty that is only occasionally available.  Just a few to sell. Fertile both ways. Seidl  

STD root $100.00

#RELSW 6 (The Little Corporal) Clear carmine red flowers, yellow pollen and pink tipped carpels, nice foliage. A short plant that is incredibly showy.  Fertile both ways and has a large upside for hybridizing.  Will be registered. Hybrid. (Roselegance x (Laddie x Sparkling Windflower) Seidl

STD root $100.00
 

#USLHO (Juliska) Light pink heavy double flowers, huge and showy. Tall erect stems (48"). Gorgeous and very different. Excellent carriage, no staking, great for cut flower production.  Occasional seed production and sparse pollen.  Will be registered. Hybrid. Seidl