Gerbings Azalea Gardens Catalogue, 1940-1941: Medium size, peony form
flowers (8 cm across), deep purple with large white markings. Deep
green, heavily serrated foliage, tall willowy growth. Blooms
mid-season. For illustration see, p.264 Hertrich, 1959, Camellias in the
Huntington Gardens, vol.III. Synonyms: ‘Purple Peony’, ‘Bell Camp’,
‘Serratifolia’, ‘William Penn Variegated’, ‘Purple Penny’. As the
original cultivar appears lost to cultivation, the name is let stand for
the modem cultivar. Sport: William. Penn Red.
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