Philippe Rivoire

Acquired: 1925
Record Updated February 17, 2022
Red
Double

Form

Double
Red

Color

Red
Early

Season

Early

Cultivar Group

lactiflora
Introduced
1911

Breeder

Riviere

Country of Origin

France

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History

1918-B006-I:19

1921-B014:18 Symposium II rating: 9.2

1923-SPN:349

1928-B:48 Double. 9.2 (Sym. 1921). Red.

1928-B-d:134 Double type; small; early. Very dark crimson with a blackish sheen, fully double with a symmetrically incurved center; richly rose-scented. Medium height; floriferous; wiry stems. Good foliage. Its great fault is lack of size. It is especially decorative in the garden. “PHILIPPE RIVOIRE, as I know it, is a purple-red with no blackish sheen, not richly rose-scented though it has a slight fragrance.”—Saunders. “The only really sweet-scented red peony that I know of.”—Boyd.

1976-K:078 (Riviere, 1911) – Double – Red – Early. (Wild catalog says Late Mid.) Medium height. Richly rose scented. Small. Very dark crimson with a blackish sheen, fully double with a symmetrically incurved center; floriferous, wiry stems. Good foliage. M.

Specimens in the Garden

BedRowColumn

8 - See full bed map

2D

8 - See full bed map

2E