Very nice plant. Buds are very ugly when they form. The smallish flowers are a deep rose color with very pronounced silver edges and no ...Read Moreguard petals. Do not fertilize peonies as this shortens their lifespan. Bone meal is O. K. every few years or so. My 'Auguste Dessert' is 85 years old and over 5 feet across. Makes a nice low seasonal hedge or background plant.
Lee R. Bonnewitz Peony and Iris catolog of 1928:
AUGUSTE DESSERT (Dessert). A very new, medium tall, deep rose color, double Peony, with wide petals, the edges of which show a delightful silver tone. It shows some stamens which give a beautiful effect with the pink petals. Its stems are strong but graceful, and the blooms have value as cut flowers and in the show room. The plant stands erect, and it has splendid landscape value, equal to WELCOME GUEST and EXQUISITE, and almost equal to those perfect landscape varieties, SUZETTE and PHYLLIS KELWAY. We hope you are pleased with the colored illustration of this variety. See page 39. $10.00.
Very nice plant. Buds are very ugly when they form. The smallish flowers are a deep rose color with very pronounced silver edges and no ...Read More