Monday, February 21, 2011

Kingwood by the Numbers - Countdown - Eight Days

 William H. Krekler was a native Ohioan born in 1900.  An enthusiastic hybridizer who grew peonies for pleasure, not commercial sale, his donations created Kingwood's original collection.  Shown below are pictures, taken in the garden last year, highlighting EIGHT of his varieties. 

Golly
Japanese Peony  1966
  
Illini Jubilee
Single Peony  1965







Jessie
Japanese Peony  1965
 


Karen Gray
Japanese Peony  1965
 
Orlando Roberts
Double Peony  1962


Zenith
Double Peony  1966

West Elkton
Japanese Peony  1958
Tom Eckhardt
Japanese Peony 1965

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